Zachary Rice

The state has hired a wedding planner,
To build a statue in honor of all the things forever lost
In the gaping canyon between self and truth,
Or the tiny space in the middle of before you were born and when you die.
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There is another Language
that I can't speak or write
Though I know many people and friends
who are fluent
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another line, said at a moments time
these days
i think
to go west you have to go east first
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Smells like drink, outside of the Western Union
Christmas lights make obnoxious decorations
i don't really know what colors they are
and i don't really understand why im staying here
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Alternate Endings, on the DVD extra.
When the actors make the green screen go black.
Hour by hour, the second before thunder
you can harness the cinenatic drag.
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like ink on laminate, or an empty beach,
my kisses are not kissed back.
And in each rejection i think of my mother's dog,
with a furtive smile on his face, preparing for play.
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after a month of living in my new house,
i still spend ample time ruminating on desention.

after two months it has become obvious that you can't drive stick shift,
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In 26 years I can say with relative certainty
that any thought worth crying over
can turn into words worth cringing over.
And
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