winter on my block only

I used to think
it was just my imagination
more likely impossible
that it got warmer west of 2nd ave
i must have just built up
a sweat on my trans-siberian hike
from east of york
where it’s extra cold
tonight
the smallest snow
a fine powder
almost a sleet.
invisible as the flakes fell
the softest peck on the lips
made a soft white coat
along the edge of [...]

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rose bowl reactions

It was my first return to Ohio Stadium in two years. The giant basket of my undergraduate memories was just as grand as I remembered and Ohio State was magically ranked #1. Watching the loss to Illinois unfold before me was heartbreaking. No one sitting near me in the far corner of [...]

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