the moon is essentially gray
by Jillian Clark





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durham is full of



everyone is getting off of the bus

i will be okay if this bus explodes

a girl just said, "gosh, i'm going to like shoot some people in the face"


bus 0378 has just pulled up next to us


but anyway durham is full of golden retrievers

i was born in the historic district of depot town

i don't remember anything except a dog sleeping under my crib,

which i do not remember


if i could throw a party and invite whoever i wanted,

this would be the guest list


fritz scholder

f. scott and zelda fitzgerald

frida kahlo

diego rivera (only because frida would be jealous of other couples)


bus 441 has just pulled up


sylvia plath

ted hughes

joseph merrick

nick drake

elliott smith

timothy treadwell

anne sexton

virginia woolf

frank o'hara

ian curtis


it is now 5:28 and i am locked out of my house

this would be okay if i wasn't hungry

this would be okay if the ice cream truck didn't just go by