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Leslie J. Anderson
@lesliejanderson.bsky.social
Writer living beside a cemetery with three good dogs and a Roomba. Never been cool a day in my life. Author: Take This to Space. Writes for CryptoNaturalist.
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On my lunch break I wandered out in my blazer to chat at the squirrels and a man in a three piece suit stopped to stare judgmentally at me and sir? Mind your business? We're in a meeting, here.

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Someone said it's National Poetry Day so here's a poem about poems

Ars Poetica with A Switchblade
Leslie J. Anderson


If you live in a city full of fists
pick up a poem from the ground
and wipe the blood out of her eyes.

That poem is not a swan.
She is not a clean dime. She is not
a personal savior.

She canā€™t know anything 
but the blood on her sleeves,
her swinging hands.

Give her knives.
Send her into the world good and sharp,
and unarmored.

A poem should not defend itself.
It should cut and cut and cut
ā€˜til it dies
or we do.
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Hey, if you've read Unmothers and liked it would you please leave me a review on Goodreads or Amazon? It really does make a big difference!

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Just remembered I woke up in the middle of the night to send myself some story plot note....this is what I sent myself.

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What's your favorite way for a comic to open?

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From the twisted mind of Leslie J. "CannonballPointPen" Anderson

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Honestly I think my ultimate writing goal is to be given a sick nickname either by fans or critics.

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a poem about water

Home and the Water
Leslie J. Anderson


It was always going to be the sea 
that came for us.

Driving home, I feel the air rise up
on its haunches.

What I thought was a flock of birds
is a cloud of smoke

I cannot stop staring at the bloodshot roadkill
like running my tongue over and over a cavity.

The radio says our flood risk is medium
and rising,

but the sea was always here
in our red red, red insides.
It has seen everything weā€™ve done.
It recoils
to pounce.
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Leslie J. Anderson
@lesliejanderson.bsky.social
Writer living beside a cemetery with three good dogs and a Roomba. Never been cool a day in my life. Author: Take This to Space. Writes for CryptoNaturalist.
86 followers45 following224 posts