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A Poem by JR
Ah California you are as plush as I rememberyour rolling hills and your silver slip of ground fogyour tea gardens, and your willful taxesyour sunglass..
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A Poem by JR
Your fingers are so light
but your slap so heavy, your wrist
held straight and firm
back arched slightly to take
the weight of the strap
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A Poem by JR
The diving board took her body, flexed
and launched her over the lake in a gentle arc
arms above her head, palms out, as she was taught
Lycra..
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A Poem by JR
He’s bound to fail, you know
he’s run his ways under the sun
and learned his words by rote
in school, where they rapped him
o..
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A Poem by JR
Oh god I love the way you touch me
you make me shiver
forty-five minutes in…
I am caught up in the sound
in the heavy hip of you
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A Poem by JR
My heart has become like
an old well pump
that flips on in fits and starts
wheezing and coughing;
When it’s on, though
the water ..
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A Poem by JR
I watched the light go out of your eyes
held you close, to feel your wind slowing
you didn’t shudder or shake, like you had
you didn&rs..
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A Poem by JR
I don’t want any white horse
or his rider, or his rider’s bow
but when things get boring I often wonder
how I would hold up
wi..
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A Poem by JR
Any god that looks down on this mess
would have to laugh
at what he wrought through his careless hand
these roughs edges that should smooth
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A Poem by JR
Winter yawns, parts her hair
slips on her silver silk nightgown
and prepares to go to bed;
Spring yawns and stretches
opens her glorious ..
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