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You must resist crumpling
Under the weight
Of the Lonely Years,
Those limited infinities of time
When no one person occupies your thoughts.
Busin..
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Having trouble facing facts.
Less time than I think I have.
Red pen at the ready? Stop.
Pick up papers; put them down.
Read a chapter. (Someone el..
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I have no use for
Titles, honors, and accolades,
Daft distractions, fobs that exalt
The meretricious over merit.
I do not want some artful council..
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My feet are untrustworthy,
So I ride the down escalator
Standing still,
Contrary to the rule of thumb,
Which states:
Get to where you're going
W..
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O how we long for you,
Mister Obama.
Our nation is reeling from
Grave palpitations--The crazies get crazier,
The cornflakes get flakier,
The spin..
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I should have spent today with you,
My funny unknown friend;
The time is always far too short
To waste it on Pretend,
But only through speculati..
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Isolation beyond all human touch--
An unjust, random, corrosive fate--
Bellwethers a storm of maladjustments:
Domino cascades of wrongful acts,
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From the peaks of now
Time washes sand down
And fills the alluvial plains.
Build walls or a fort
Of the sturdiest sort--
All blocks are battered ..
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O, for some mead to slake my thirst!
But where are the winged ambrosia-bearers?
There they are, circling the garden yonder.
Who can blame them? The..
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You there,
Walking down Fourteenth Street--If I knew you,
I'd have to tell you:
You have a pinched face;
And if I loved you,
I'd love you like a ..
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