Potential Titles: Minnie Bruce Pratt

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A smudged white thumbprint on the night sky - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Blue Cup"

A mark left by the hand of Night - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Blue Cup"

Weaving the universe out of milky strings of chaos - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Blue Cup"

Drank the galaxy that spun small and cautious - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Blue Cup"

Tasting the bitter syllables of their history - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Great Migration"

Whirled in a thicket of fog - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

Fields plowed and turned to winter - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

Other spirits exhaled before dawn - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

Crow whose one wing rests on the evening - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

While the other dusts off the morning star - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

Tie a red flannel string around your waist - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

Plant your roots when the moon is dark - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

Even if blood must sign your name - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Red String"

A house on the street of broken dreams - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Street of Broken Dreams"

Guarding a house on the street of broken dreams - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Street of Broken Dreams"

They harvest weathered rocks - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Street of Broken Dreams"

Stumbling drunk through the subway turnstile - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

Pennies for passage - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

A pocket charm to protect - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

Teardrops of rosin harden and shine - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

Throwing tires like horseshoes - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

The one who's going nowhere - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

Sun sparkles under her feet - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

Where sandy ground gives way to water - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

And the terror of what lies under - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

Silver dollars like tarnished moons - Minnie Bruce Pratt "The Subway Entrance"

The wings of an iron angel - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Walking Back Up Depot Street"

The town's parallel tracks - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Walking Back Up Depot Street"

Be joined by the memory of walking - Minnie Bruce Pratt "Walking Back Up Depot Street"


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