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A Poem by JR
Ellie, you deserved better than that
lying on your side in the street
your water spilling like wine into the concrete
an exponential amount, ..
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A Poem by JR
Single drop can bend a petal,
single drip can
weight a leaf
final limit,
fibrous fingers
tear and
off,
off
into
the
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A Poem by JR
How do you choose what you show?it isn’t an idle question;I’d like to knowyour algorithmyour chits and dashes,checkpoints and hashesall co..
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A Poem by JR
She says, you have a light touch
and I guess she’s right, maybe too light
I always admire the feel to a feather
opposed to the rough of..
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A Poem by JR
I hope she leaves the porch light on
as I stumble through the briars which
catch on my clothing and tug and me
try and get me to stumble in t..
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A Poem by JR
Little box elder bug, watching him
working his way down the tile near the shower
while I’m sitting here on the toilet
I wonder if it&rs..
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A Poem by JR
Every morning I remember
that little bluebird who came through my door
perched in my bedroom
and whistled me her wisdom;
Her touch, the we..
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A Poem by JR
Someone once said that jealousy
is a meaty bone
something taken from our own ribs
something that hurts with every
grind of the jaw
by ..
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A Poem by JR
Like a fixture, or a stamp
there every night in your usual posture
fingers gripping the beer just right
white pharmaceutical teeth in mute
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A Poem by JR
Write me a happy poem, she says
but I’ve already written about whiskey
and the amber woman who touched my flesh
to leave her bruise;
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