#1

​when you come back downstairs
to the stage
remember to bring up
how you closed the doors
to our island
and how I found out
stumbling down tenth, eleventh, twelfth
spotting our love
on the bike lane
a banana peel
tied up in a knot
i imagine your fingers warm
next to some portable speaker
in the park
next to the zoo
you’re telling him the four-digit pin
and please just come on
i’ll dig free
the blue jeans we met in
i swear to god
i’ll put them on

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#3

​ragdoll
tap dance
down four blocks
and you better start
to miss me
to miss me
to miss me
your aura is
some pink
purple
violet
broken heel
you paid three hundred dollars
for those shoes
and fucked up
my shirt
it takes forever
to tuck back in
remember?
remember
to miss me
to miss me

#5

​rising tide
blow a kiss
or locomotion
over and by
the beautiful university students
string along
sun showers
behind your nike runners
like a kite
or stay home
we’ll kick it on instagram
long distance
hieroglyphs
on cave walls
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Through his writing, Alexander E.D Buchanan seeks to understand the standard derangement that clouds his head and hopes to land toe-to-toe with others who were willing to rummage through the faultless mania we all experience. Exploring themes of what we clear as boring, "suburban" and basic sentiment, as well as physicality, and distance.