During the war
we slept
on the kitchen floor
with jackets for blankets
we used corn for rice
and beans for pepper
we used sand for paper
drawing long lines
with sticks
in the wet mud
as the tide rushed out
We used red for blue
and yellow for green
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Soaking up the rain and whipping spit of the waves, as he stood next to the ocean of my memory, a fire hydrant in a red windbreaker, glaring...
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"Well...that was dramatic." I didn't know what he meant until I saw the ink spilled everywhere and the moths in her hair like ...