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Mere
It is the worry of cleanliness—
perhaps the worry of purity—
that ruined my dear Mere.
What was once a blossom,
is now sickly type of cherry.
Then, I will ask her if she can smell
the becomings of our devotion -
Faith in Nature (Roaring Garden)
The flapper Lilies sway their cupped dresses
while the trumpeting Snapdragons
play their sweet jazz for the garden.
Sniff the magenta Echinacea's dewey scents
dripping sweat after dancing in the sun! -
A Murder and a Mouse
Three crows sit on a bare shiloh.
They debate on whether to catch
the meadow mouse or spare it’s life.
The three crows don’t think very long,
because they are wild animals:
it’s in their nature to kill mice. -
A Decade Later
Nana, are you up there chirping in the blue sky?
Swinging above the canopy pines
while watching me slowly age from afar?
Are there twice as many stars in heaven?
Do you spectate from a torn-up lawn chair or
slump in an oak rocker? -
I Knew Her in '05
She wanes in the sky,
looming over the clouds and
prancing upon the darkness above
me. I knew her all
too well, I knew her
just well enough to know
how the highlights of her -
The Bear
The Bear has once again greeted me
in the dining room during lunch.
He has slumped behind the office desk
covered in coffee stains and piled receipts.
He reads the obituaries in the daily
Loves
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Spray-Tanned
Why did you have to hurt us?
Again?
Again?
‘Cause when I was young
there was a chance
a chance
to be free
a chance to see a woman be
something new and
different
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Stupidity
Some people vote, but never think,
Their choices shallow, quick to sink.
They cheer and boast, with voices loud,
But wisdom’s lost inside the crowd. -
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Results
Results
In a country that was once blue
It is now red
It is now scary
Results
Flood in
From different states
Battleground states
Is there blood there?
Results
Determine our country
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Civility
Since when did the world mock me?
When was the moment that I walked down the street to a threat of being paved?
A threat on the path I have walked my whole life?
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the definition of election day:
sitting in bed close to 7 am waiting for the election tracker to light up.
sitting in bed close to 8 am doomscrolling through election websites knowing it's all futile now.
