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Alphabet Ravine

Lydia Rae Bush Poetry

Tag: writing

sketch phase

August 4, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

you are everything i’ve never known
and i’ve never been
one for asking questions

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Extra

July 28, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

Oh, she’s a lot,
though she’s not too much.

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toxicant

July 21, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

screw you and i hate you, and claws that i retract midair,
profiles you use to psychoanalyze, your gaze and how 

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Gas Lit

July 7, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

To the canary trapped inside a cave,
the puzzle is the cage-

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Ideal

June 30, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

Humidity fills the dark,
takes the baton and keeps me warm
while the sun sits the bench.
I run secret plays with the moon

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Light Up

June 23, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

I’ve got cares as tainted as these muddy banks,
but you sift the tales I weave
through a sieve that filters out the rest and marvels at

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Jolt

June 16, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

I’m a live wire. I’ve got points
that I make, so maybe
my words are claws that
dig in as my mind digs deeper.

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Coming

June 9, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet Ravine2 Comments

Me and my synthesized psyche,
slowly split, slowly reconverged,

so quick to ensure the safe
connection that we need to survive,

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Captioning the Photo

June 2, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

I’ve got all the things I’m supposed to say-
just buried beneath

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Fairytale

May 26, 2023May 27, 2026 Alphabet RavineLeave a comment

Home, skipped with every symptom
known to fifth-grade-kind,
sick of every re-run
and trapped outside of storybooks,

what adventure could be better than emptying
the overflowing closet?

Even the sickest faker
would clean if they envisioned
a clubhouse in a 3 by 3 foot space

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  • Systemic Dysfunction
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