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Sugarland Drive
Sun drenched
in the dusty den
of some perverted old man,
I hit my knees
but not to pray.
Has it really come to this?
Pe..
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Rattle and Tilt
“get well soon.”
she said.
Walking the street
as if never tumbled,
scanning the ground
for stray pill bottles,..
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For Now
Drunk by midmorning
never so discontent
or desperate,
some say crazy.
Perhaps?
Muddled like old macaroni
sitting in the sun,
an..
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More about Water
How desperate;
looking through the lace
of fine lingerie,
spitting on the ground
into curbside potholes.
Perplexed.
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Limping Through Lunch
She was limping
when she crossed the bar,
smiling through the pain,
“now don’t you look so cute!”
I..
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Credit for Pain
In that room again,
nothing to read
but old fishing magazines,
donated by “office friendly” patients,
the ones wi..
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Ripple
You never had to ask,
I was always there for you,
always.
I held your hand through fire,
scraped ice off your windshield
in a blizz..
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Smooth
Crouched;
as an endangered species
exceptional in every way.
Shouting from the open windows
of farmhouses and high-rises,
living to..
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Wake Up Call
Arguing over Plum or Black Cherry,
Midnight Black, Blackish Black, or Black Black,
Petal, Flirty, or Metallic mist;
it must be mo..
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Breath
An introduction;
almost as good as
asphyxiation.
It’s the air that escapes
with a hum or a hiss,
a whistle through
the teeth..
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