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sister scarecrow hair

she came to me in a dream again with wild scarecrow hair biting her lower lip eyes wide as a child’s a lifetime ago we were partners in mischief disguised as suits in the daytime headbangers after 5 it...

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with our current knows

I am totally wise to that Donald Trump. Faith is President. no leader, especially will not allow Christianity to be all talk, no action one disgraceful The Pope only heard If and when as everyone the...

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Obama Took My Lawn-Boy

I should have heeded the warning signs First it was my lightbulbs Then they came after my junk food And by the time They got to My Lawn-Boy I was too blind and hungry To fight Now I’m tripping over...

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The Saint of Entrance Avenue

He paces With hands waving and flapping Electric Slide Humpty Dance Prayer His orange hair pops to and fro like a bobber Since prison, he doesn’t like to be kept inside. He is on this corner early...

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He Smoked Luckies

He smoked Luckies And he was a Dodgers fan I remember watching him shave With an electric of some sort And he was a Protestant And a Kentuckian And a Democrat Beyond that I have no idea Did he shoot...

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Have Nots After Ten

it was one school drop-off that set me back the entire week stopped at the grocery store the car pulled up, and blocked my delicate balance i remembered several things happened remember distributing...

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Henlo Fren

My Fren is at the door. Knock knock I can’t wait. I run to door. I run to window. See! I bark! I jump! Oh, Fren Fren Fren! I jump on Fren’s leg. They make me down. I follow Fren to chair. Fren says...

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Sat Nam

Gentlest breeze and sweet smell of incense I am the silent sentinel at breath’s gate Before the seat of the soul mandalas flow and resolve the orbit of a far off prayer wheel their motive the True Name...

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On Seeing a Tripod Dog

We pause at a stop sign on the way to school Here comes a little black puffball Skipping and hopping on the end of his lead Dancing like popcorn in a hot skillet As he and his tender approach We see...

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With Each New Lunacy

to call that man a lunatic is an undeserved insult to lunatics we are caught in an entertainment endeavor that is fueled by outrage i used to be outraged now i am mostly sad disoriented a little...

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Somewhere Else Eyes

Eyes in the Mirror Look so very far away Somewhere else today I’m always somewhere else

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Surface Area

The surface of a queen bed is about 33 square feet A human body takes up about nine Less than that on her side How can it be that it still feels too close in here? In the Morning Sun Her blonde hair...

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In The Rainsong

When the dawn breaks And the day begins With your first breath You will know me I am rain song I am turning twig I am blood and stone I am journey’s rest In the rainsong In the stillness In the...

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