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A Poem by JR
I do fear death
maybe a little, but then again
we’ve looked each other in the eye
a couple of times now, given
that knowing grin
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A Poem by JR
Take your time
this time, don’t treat the world
like a well, dip in, take out
don’t throw yourself into
oblivion;
this tim..
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A Poem by JR
She says she
could be poison
to my system
but I don’t know, brother
I’ve held her salts
against my tongue
her roots p..
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A Poem by JR
Nobody
wears a jacket
like you, a proud little man
nobody
loves like you, a proud
little man
no one cuts through the
bullshit l..
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A Poem by JR
I never knew quite
what to do with the river,
so I threw rocks in, I splashed about
kicked my feet, even though
I could feel the pull
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A Poem by JR
The vulture gracefully
descends, his body bisects the sun
he wheels, riding the thermals
like air, he slowly descends
his shadow over the ..
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A Poem by JR
Delight of the humming bird
she only stays so briefly to dip
rosebud of her tongue
into the sweetness I offered
in an upside-down jar
h..
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A Poem by JR
Oh Lord, I’m such a fool
for beautiful girls
I throw everything away so easily
drop my heart into a hole
and stand there, listening
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A Poem by JR
We have become
islands, an archipelago
with the sea betweenussilent, and gray,
rimmed with fog
our beaches are barren except
the order..
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A Poem by JR
Good god them get-away sticks
made for burning a bridge
it’s shout-out time, we are screaming
like night birds on the wing
we allow ..
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