![NOTE LEFT ON A PLATE AT A BUFFET](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/28579300-1220603914.jpg) |
I like the way you eat.
It says a lot about a man,
your way with fork and knife.
You're careful,
cautious of what's hot,
b..
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![MISTRESS MARY](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/17104300-1218883739.jpg) |
I bought a suit
then gave that suit away.
"It goes with everything!"
so said the clerk.
Not so.
My brown belt
made the pants looked ..
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![OF USAGE AND MISUSAGE](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/30847700-1218794473.jpg) |
I have his plyers,
hack saw,
ruler, sledge,
the tools my father
taught me to maintain
andwhich to pick to cinch,
or torque, or plane.
a..
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![AS OF TODAY](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/59977100-1218794309.jpg) |
I left my parents
chanting few complaints.
Too hard I stomped my footprints
amid the crowd.
I did a lot
in spite of most constraints
To he..
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![REHEARSAL](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/15996500-1218794614.jpg) |
The theatre is empty, dark.
The stage is bare.
My heart is all I hear.
My temples ache.
I'm caught within
a piercing spot light's glare,
..
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![ELVIS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/65014400-1210510565.jpg) |
Braccae Tuae Aperiuntur
Ya, this is really awkward
I confess.
I'm glad you're friend enough
let me know.
Perhaps my troubled m..
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![AGE INAPPROPRIATE](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/03414900-1209047527.gif) |
I wish I had
more heinous sins to hide
for all the grief I suffer
and for what?
Reflecting back
past follies pierce my pride
I flush in sh..
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![THANKS, I NEEDED THAT---NOT!](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/64415800-1208275998.gif) |
Wooo! what a hateful,
hurtful thing to say.
Most people try
to hide their ignorance.
It's harder then
to take a counter stance.
A..
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![MOURNING](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/16928500-1206014898.gif) |
The room was crowded,
somber, stale, dark.
A wake?
No Shiva!
(and I'm not a jew).
The widow's look at me,
a question mar..
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![BREAK TIME](https://writerscafe.s3.amazonaws.com/stories/thumbs/00193200-1206014934.gif) |
Consumed with anger
and self-pity too
I heard
my wounded inner-toddler whine.
Before the vending s**t machine
I knew to poise..
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