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Herman Shorts

Herman Shorts

if ever someone is

if ever someone is
my dearest ear
who hears
my truth
as theirs
and shared
i will have then
what has always
never been and will
unfold myself as i have
never been and always
hoped one day could be

(2013)

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reflections

reflecting on the moment before, would be useful only were it not already perfect.
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nice people

you’ve been invited, stupid asshol… to remember things differently, wh… it means to be human, even. dumb shit, you’ll always let someone el… handle it, whatever always happens
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labeled falsely

I understand the tattoo now “VERITAS” on your wrist, only there because it is entirely absent everywhere else.
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the rub

something you need makes you its bitch, yes even as it isn’t coming, no when love stands you up & all the more sweet
curse of the outlined object

the center holds itself still that rockets believably may be seen exploding in all directions from somewhere vaguely
always a blessing

my spirit sings to you, clears and quickens. losing you is impossible
simple fail, no malice aforethought

lie still. be quiet. please understand what happens so, next time
I imagined a scene, conspiratorial

I just felt what I think I’ll feel always, once we’ve finally met, and share this cool space, like an open secr… It felt like all my favorite songs…
purpose

yes, darling you should come & take care of me, someone has to, & you
saying things

liking to say things, all kinds of things, mostly about the way things seem
craft

they really do know how to shove something up your ass like
for me

i love you for the doubt you show me still possible in this body where you show me
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orphans milk the queen

may be too onerous a task for those not starving. lucky
those things on the cave wall

just remember we are so much more than words. shadows are beautiful too but let’s not
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solipsist's first date

excuse me, i thought you were also the center of a fractal



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