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the big green kite
a big green kite. a little boy chasing a big green kite on the beach as his father flies it like a skilled pilot. it dives, shoots back up. the kid lunges for it but it’s always just out of reach. he laughs when he misses. the Santa Monica mountains loom over me and the…
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pinwheels
your aunt sends me a video of you galloping in cowboy boots on the sidewalk. you’ve just left your mother at the hospital but you don’t seem sad. you’re too young for that. now, you gallop in your dress and cowboy boots. your reddish blonde hair bounces as you gallop. there are colorful pinwheels stuck…
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mating rituals
midway through the hike we get to the overlookand sit down at the bench. you’ve been therebefore but i haven’t, so while you got out thesandwiches i admire the view:the rows of trees below us like stadium seating,massive homes tucked within them sporadicallyand way out beyond that, the coastline at SantaMonica Beach, Will Rogers, the…