Nectar Nuggets

31 July 2026

A Dangerous Beauty / The Mission I Fail on Purpose

"Lady Muse enters, heels on tile like a hammer cocking."

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29 July 2026

Tender Sight / For History to Scroll Past

"I wear a smile that will not break as we line-dance, phones raised high."

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27 July 2026

My Loss, the Penny / Be Here Tomorrow, For Me

"Picking up pennies from the wishing well of cracked asphalt that is a Walmart parking lot."

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26 July 2026

The Rabbit Hole / The Making of Consommé

"As I fell into the rabbit hole, eight drafts later, it's now a little more epicurean."

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25 July 2026

My Silent Purr / The Silent Sound of Love

"The big cats, like the snow leopard, chuffle a soft, breathy snort."

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20 July 2026

While I Have Time / A Miracle is Not Supernatural

"A miracle is not supernatural: a smile at daybreak, golden, honest."

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18 July 2026

The Body's Dialect / What My Restless Legs Know

"My mouth expresses externally. My mind speaks internally, a private tongue. My body speaks uncontrollably."

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18 July 2026

Subterfuge / A Teaspoon of Knowledge

"After seven years, how much do I know of you?"

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18 July 2026

Venus is / Chasing the Crescent Moon

"While hooves clip clop to rest, the cattle's lowing settles into sighs, the cook's fires slowly spark out."

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16 July 2026

Nocturne Muse / Tomorrow is Forever

"My first thought before dawn, your smile from the pillow shines, a beacon guiding my soul."

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14 July 2026

Close and Now / Not Above, But Here

"When I slip from consciousness, when dreams end and the solid world dissolves, I will still dream of you."

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13 July 2026

Optimism is Viral / You Will Find Your Cure

"I do not want to see you in pain. I do not want to see you waste away."

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11 July 2026

Drifting / A Night We Almost Claimed

"When I'm sailing out and you're sailing in, through the mist your wind-blown hair briefly appears."

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11 July 2026

Faith is a Self-Portrait / A Persistent Candle Flickering

"A book of knowledge, substance offered not owned."

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10 July 2026

Forward / Another Path Forward and Upward

"When you have the will and the skill, no obstacle is too high to conquer."

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08 July 2026

If I Need It / I Will Start Over

"An outlaw of distant family, a person of insignificance. No family feels better."

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08 July 2026

Pronouns (Weave me in) / The Only Tapestry Love Needs

"My pronouns are Us and Them, knotted, until understanding arrives."

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06 July 2026

Asymmetry / Symmetry Isn't Necessary

"My pronouns are Us and Them, until understanding arrives like a thaw of spring."

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04 July 2026

Curves (A Reprise) / A Reprise Every Time I See You

"A violin's hourglass form quivers in sound."

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03 July 2026

Confluence / My Tentative Hand Brushes Yours

"A vision no one can replace."

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03 July 2026

The Muse / She Is Not a Metaphor

"She's the one in every unfinished line I ever thought."

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03 July 2026

Magic is Seven / Seven is Magic

"I think you have a magic twinkle, a number Rumpelstiltskin never knew."

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03 July 2026

Follow You / There Is No Door I Need to Open

"Your gift of a silver rose, a bloom of forgiveness, for the worst person in your life."

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02 July 2026

The Music / The Music Still Plays On

"There are no judges, no judgements, to rate who we are."

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01 July 2026

Beware Mating Season / Take the Shoes, Leave the Socks

"Crickets tune their legs beneath the moonlit reeds."

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