Rachel Pevsner
—Rachel Pevsner, Davis
want to write
want to write
want to create stories
want to write
want to play god
want to write
want to write
want to dip my pen
want to drink my ink
want to flatten my paper
want to flatten my mind
want to eat some dinner
want to walk the dog
want to destroy
want
want to write
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PIANIST IN A LIGHTNING STORM
—Rachel Pevsner
Black fingers on white keys
Bring notes to fall like rain
On deaf ears:
While the pedal, like thunder,
Claps.
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THINGS THAT MAKE ONE'S HEART BEAT FASTER
—Rachel Pevsner
10)
9)
8)
7)
6) Holding a very old letter that never arrived.
5)
4)
3)
2)
1)
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GANDHI WOULD PROBABLY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT CHANGE
—Rachel Pevsner
It is a foggy city: the mist is everywhere.
Like smoke rising from a chimney, it curls
And spreads and engulfs the streets.
On the clouded black street:
Skateboard wheels grinding pavement,
A bus braking, wheels turning,
Fire truck sirens sound,
And the birds are chirping back at each other
Oblivious to the “cancellation” of life
That is being charged on the cement.
Heels clicking
Spokes turning
Peace Corps people and a
Fed Ex delivery man
Walk by.
They pay attention to
“organic coffee” and “toss one back.”
In the cash register, “caching” coins are dropping
And the cashier says, “Thank you. Have a nice day!”
Making a difference has always been a matter of applying yourself.
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Thanks, Rachel, for today's poetry. Rachel Pevsner is a creative writing student at the University of California, Davis. Her writing has appeared in Teen Ink and the California Holocaust Memorial Book, and she was recently awarded the Gene Roddenberry Memorial Scholarship for the Aspiring Writer. In her free time, she studies karate and kung fu to prepare for opening cans of wuppass on evildoers.
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Today's LittleNip:
CERTAIN EVENTS AWAKEN DEEP THOUGHTS
—Rachel Pevsner
He drops a rose on a dirt-covered hill
And sits next to the mound.
Is it really the force of the human will
That makes the Earth go round?
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—Medusa
