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A Poem by JR
The trees, oh those trees, were
a headlight blur and the moon was
damn near full a bloated enterprise
rising above the ridge and
I drove s..
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A Poem by JR
I have my feet under me
I know where I’ve been and what
I’ve seen, I’ve taken it into me
like a song, when it first plays
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A Poem by JR
When the gun went off it scared the s**t
out of us both, in that tiny room the sound
was horrendous, a live thing, I couldn’t hear anythin..
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A Poem by JR
She says she’s broken but
I think if I can just wrap my arms
a little tighter around her I can
help her hold those pieces together
s..
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A Poem by JR
Go quiet, now
go quiet and calm and
all things follow into
silence, the cars on the street
birds in their morning
ecstasy wind that s..
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A Poem by JR
We didn’t have enough
we didn’t eat to make sure
we fed the baby, then babies
and she’d say, it’s not enough
so I&..
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A Poem by JR
After being alone in the woods, I like
to get in the shower while the water
is still cold, feel it wash the sweat
and cause my pores to tingl..
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A Poem by JR
I believe evil exists
because the postcards kept coming
for months, each carefully lettered
in a steady motion, punched up
with colored ge..
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A Poem by JR
Lady, you shouldn’t
talk down your need
it’s only physical it’s
only the urge, the push from
our soul expanding out
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A Poem by JR
She says, we should make this platonicand I say, that’s fine, that’s fineso I take her to Denny’s and we sit ina little booth with p..
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