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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Feb 5, 2026, 8:21 AM UTC

writing on the wall

## Windows Fridays. Always on Fridays. From the picture window in the stairwell on the fifth floor, after class, just before I begin my descent. drawing my gaze imperfectly the sea ## Awakening The r…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jan 29, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC

another week

## Winter 7:00 P.M. Streetlights cast a warm, golden haze through the falling snow. The evening sky, milky and luminescent. I find myself pausing to catch my breath and to look around, midway through…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jan 22, 2026, 7:43 AM UTC

this life

## Rituals Small house. Narrow space. Competing schedules. When the day comes to an end, I carry my three-year old into a dark room where, more often than not, his older sister is already asleep, tur…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jan 15, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC

talking to myself

## Overtime Driving home through the city, the sky grey, the streets grey, the dwindling snowbanks crusted in black, a lone man makes an impression on me. at the bus stop leaning against a pole … the…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jan 8, 2026, 11:30 AM UTC

week one

## Fresh Start The first morning of a new year. Up before everyone else. The room dimly lit by one lamp. The windows still cold and dark. A cup of coffee in my hand. Ahhh … the silence of the new yea…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jan 1, 2026, 9:40 AM UTC

in conclusion

## Looking Back Losing my mother. Losing my father-in-law. Losing my godfather’s son at 23 to fentanyl. The past year has had a lot of heavy loss. But for those of us left behind, life carries on. sm…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jul 17, 2025, 9:06 AM UTC

Summer Stroll

one foot in front of the other no destination born again… the old water pump now a planter even in this heat you find a way to flower abelia in my shadow I find traces of the dad bod so happy to hear…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Jul 10, 2025, 6:18 AM UTC

Early Summer Impressions

Early summer. Rainy mornings and afternoon showers. Mist rising from the valleys. Temperatures already soaring. how I prefer you in the mist and rain hydrangea 4 a.m. Rising with the sun. So many thi…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Dec 20, 2024, 6:14 AM UTC

another paycheck

### Wrinkles Some people fight them. Some people embrace them—proof of a life well-lived. Is this a poem about an old person reflecting on the changes that have taken place in his/her face over the c…

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boxcarblue
@boxcarblue Dec 16, 2024, 6:38 AM UTC

carried away

### Between Seasons Here, the transition between fall and winter is slow and drawn out. Frosty mornings can be followed by warm days. Flurries can change into soft showers. Heavy rain can become hail…

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