NaPo Award:

I have been looking at awards for your participation in NWP NaPo..

I was originally going to get certificates for yall...

But I have decided to do something special for this first group...

I am truly impressed by all of you...

To be honest, I genuinely thought all was lost...

That I would be doing NaPo by myself...

I was like encircled…

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The Common Journey

Piecing together the mystery 
of one's own life can take 
an awful long time 
sometimes

Sometimes I mistake the dots 
that were meant to be joined up
for the perforations 
on the piece of paper
lined up on the left-hand side

Sometimes I dabble 
without thought or care
then my life lurches one way 
or in too…

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2026

Day 03- April 03

# 3

The Death Maiden

this void— this anomaly

has a firm grip on me

she is ravishing my body

piece by piece

until my existence is no more

it’s nothing personal

it just is

there is no reason

or mercy

she just takes

no apology given

no explanation

no regret

some days I think

it will be today

other times I brush it off…

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Indigo sunsets,
Layered altocumulous
Floating gray cloud banks.

Only the lonely
Observe past and future now
Leaving no facts out.

Surely, April Fools!

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