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O Canada
O Canada
I am so sorry for what is going on
I apologize for a lot of people's actions
to specify, their stupid actions
O Canada
Vermont sends its condolences
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Fly away, little bird
You were a little bird once
a chick
fluffy and begging for food
now you're all grown up
now you're learning to feed yourself
now your stretching your wings
practicing your landings and takeoffs
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Living in the Moment
To live in the moment
is to really see
to really feel the world around you
to live in the moment is to capture the glow of a camper's hair in the sunlight
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How do I help
One of the things that hurts me most
out of everything
is when I see you stressed
frustrated
upset
about things that I agree with too
and you're going through pain
and I don't know how to help
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What writing really is
The pen soars
leaps
flies
across the page
dancing against the paper
creating lines
curves
letters
words form
spun from the thin, golden thread of imagination.
The pen twirls
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"Teenagers these days"
You shape us
physically and mentally
emotionally and metaphorically
you make fun of us
for finding the flaws
the sketchy parts
in your systems
saying
teenagers these days
Loves
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The Space Between
Am I the rainbow or the rain that makes it?
You ask, but it’s me asking, too.
Do I paint the sky with color,
or am I the prism that bends the light?One voice says: You are a song played in a minor key,
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Summer
What a beautiful season
Yet i wish I knew what was going on
Behind my back
The memories I wish were gone
It happened right in front of me
But my eyes were to blind to see
Was it all a lie
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i can't remember when i last said the pledge of allegiance
i know all the words, of course. who doesn't? we are practically
brainwashed into our knowing, having to stand and face the flag
(when did you learn that it was hand over heart &
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A Pleasing Pie of Progress
People say I should be--
Pristine
Presentable
Profitable
Prominent
Pretty
Petite
Polite
Pleasant
Perfect
Which one?
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For the Hundred
Life is a gift
no one deserves
to lose.
One hundred murders
were committed
in my city this year.
One hundred humans
deserving of rights
were killed
in my city
this year.
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letter to anyone who thinks they're not enough
you are.
and: you don't have to be.
let yourself exist.
sleep in late.
make your favorite foods.
hug your shoulders, your knees, not to hide behind but to marvel at.
you are marvelous.