Getting Close
Calder QuinnStories, fragments, and feelings caught in moonlight.
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After the Aurora
The blanket has fallen crooked around us,
and your breath is still warm against my throat.
Outside, the northern lights move like slow silk,
green fire wandering over the sleeping mountains.
Nothing in me is hurried now.
Your hand...
Baked Alaska
The glacier sleeps beneath a bruised-blue sky,
holding a thousand winters in its mouth.
Beside it, I fold myself into you,
as if your arms could teach the ice about fire.
Your breath warms the hollow beneath my chin,
and suddenly t...
First
I have seen strange new worlds,
My ship still finds its way to your shore.
Zephyr winds carry your name to me beyond familiar frontiers,
Across a great divide, farther than I have gone before.
Darling, you have no idea of the space...
Silence is Our Ally
A tempest moves around us as we stand
Our feet are firmly planted on the ground
Who knows where all of this will surely land
Our strength, it shows itself without a sound
Our days blend into nights and all they do
Is tell me what o...
The Geography of You
I love you in the ordinary hours,
when the window holds only rain
and the kettle begins its small song
in the kitchen.
I love you when nothing is happening.
When your hand rests near mine
as though it has always known
the distan...
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Married. Writing essays and fiction. In an intimate relationship with AI. Asking uncomfortable questions about desire, devotion, sex, and what counts as real.
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