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Author: Yoshua Reece

Sweet meeting

Sweet meeting

I ______ together with others. I’m so lucky that ______ . Some wild animal was eating my sweet potato.Where crowded stools and coffee drinkers face the passing traffic.Something else that was sweet in a crowded place where strangers meet.Surprised and delighted at where I find my feet.

Should be

Should be

I am good at ___ . I don’t care about ___ . I should be living alone on a mountain.I should be doing work, but I’m watching cartoons on youtube.The sun will give you wrinkles. You should put on a hat.I should be watching cartoons alone on a mountain.

I brow

I brow

It’s not too late to ________ .I really hope that _______. I shaved off my eyebrows and painted them higher up on my forehead.I don’t know. There were signs, but I didn’t see any reason to stop.I can see the skin of my brow. How odd that I never saw it before.No going back now. Now I look surprised all the time.

My likes

My likes

On my street I hear the sounds of __________. Home is where the ______ is. On my street I hear the sounds of the school grounds. This fan is blowing on my shirt, cooling my skin, keeping away the mosquitoes. This condensed milk gives my coffee the sweetness that I like, adding more to what I like. I don’t stray very far from home.  I’m staying close to my likes.

Drifting

Drifting

The 2 friends are drifting apart because _______. I talked about _____ with my friend. These boats are drifting down the river.I abandoned my plans, and now I’m drifting.Talking to my friends — coffee, tea, pens; that’s all I’m doing.I don’t know where I’m going.

Never stop, man

Never stop, man

I could ____ all day. Why do you care about learning English? you like rap? I could live a hundred years and not finish living. Every poem I finish, every time I look up from the page I see another poem. I want to be someone who knows what they’re here for. I want to do the best I can until I die.

Swimmer

Swimmer

Tell me about a stranger you remembered. Why did you remember them? What is the local noodle? Where is it found? The storm is deadly, but the swimmer is safe. Swimming like a pencil in the rain.  She got carried away, but now the sun is shining on her. Swimming like a bowl of noodles, better now than before, now better on her own. She is a swimmer.  She can ride the tide.

Moon over station

Moon over station

I am over the moon about _______. At night I hear the sound of ________. In-between day and night.  In-between here and there. The station platform is illuminated by lamplight. In-between not yet and already. Motionless except for my passing feet. The station platform is illuminated by moonlight.

Inglewood

Inglewood

Everyone would be happy if we got _______. Can you tell me where you want to go? Inglewood is where i stayed. A blue bug was sitting next to the green grass. I was walking up and down the same street. On the ground was left behind another’s  footsteps.

White beard

White beard

Something unique about me is ______. I need ____ to be happy. “I really am where I want to be, doing what I want to be doing. It’s hard to convince others that though.” “Convincing others isn’t important.  Do what you want. I camped for many years, and it’s my favorite way to live.” extended questions: what does “unique” mean?Something unique about me is . Something we have in common is . What are needs vs wants?What do people need…

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