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envy

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You don’t look so good / Tell me about it? / I won’t fix / I want to

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:May 5, 2026

layover

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The cocoon calls / Warm and safe / and familiar

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:April 28, 2026

swim

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Tense as midnight / Taut as skin / Rippling with unseen breath

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:April 21, 2026

Commentary: Everything Is Difficult But Also Good Enough

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I’m all over the place. I mean, like, more than usual. I think it’s time for a new Commentary.

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Commentary
  • Post published:April 14, 2026

misreckoning

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You think it was a regular thing / You remember it being a tradition

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:April 7, 2026

elevator

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But then, steepness is relative / to where you’re standing / and how tall you are

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:March 31, 2026

fable

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I remember it / clear and cloudless as the skies / that were always blue in those days

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:March 24, 2026

umbra

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Flutter, black flag / in the light breeze / Tremble / fade to every shade / in none

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:March 17, 2026

potential

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What if I could get / higher / What if I can / if I try / What if I don’t

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Poetry
  • Post published:March 10, 2026

Music: Mainframe

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ancient abandoned server room from a previous technologically-advanced civilization which has mysteriously disappeared except for one quirky robot

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  • Post author:January River
  • Post category:Music
  • Post published:March 3, 2026
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