Category: Poem
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Personal Question
She asked, “Can I ask a personal question?” I stared at her, not caving to deflection “About your blood pressure,” I continued “Let’s give it another measure 160 over 90 That reminds me – take these handouts Check your pressure at home three times a week Write the numbers down and bring your log back…
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Being Tall
I wonder what it’d be like to be tall I think about it when I watch basketball To be just a few feet from the hoop I could hang around and wait for an alley-oop They’d call me a seven-footer I’d instantly be good at most sports I’d be an overlooker They taught us in…
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Flowers on Everything
Lately there’s flowers on everything Yellow daffodils, purple lilacs, pink camellias, and other ones I can’t identify But they all offer me a thrill They captivate my eyes I took a walk this evening with my dog Everything is in color Up above I sensed something hover Blue herons making their nests Their blue-gray-black feathers…
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Cheers to Marriage
Over coffee with friends or while getting blood drawn While eating toffee, unfazed, one can go on About what I think is a tragic state For two, an unexpected and unfitting fate It makes me think I don’t know either person It leaves a wake of cursin’ Reminds me of that old necklace I had…
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My Angel
There’s an angel on the sofa He’ll do anything to get to know ya He’s got a long whiskered snout and four floppy paws He keeps me here, away from shopping malls But oh, we get out To the beach, to the park, to the hiking trails Wherever he’d like to have a happy tail…
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36’s Impasse
I’m 36 I kind-of thought by now I had life figured out I visited my parents today In the house I grew up in In my mind everything is the same – as when I was a kid When I was 16 I had my birthday party at the bowling alley My mom told me…
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Sticks and Chips
My dog likes to chew sticks So I look out for ‘em, gather ‘em up And let him have his pick Cedar, pine, crepe myrtle – they’re all fine Afternoon delicacies for a spoiled Golden retriever He likes the roots of bushes too Thick and knobby We sit in the front yard – he crunches…
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The Smoker
The fencepost obscures his wrist He walks by and it starts to mist His hand holds something – he brings it to his mouth In the cool air I see him breathe out He licks his lips I watch from my vantage point We live on the same street but thankfully he doesn’t recognize me…
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Spring Hurrah
I’ve run all the races Beat my own times I’ve tied a million different laces I’ve climbed the corporate ladder and even dropped a few dimes Yeah, I’ve huddled with radiologists and surgeons I’ve floated down to the ER, up to the OR, done all the nursing in between For the past 20-some years, I’ve…
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Inspiration
Molly said there was no inspiration She took her pills: one for anxiety, one for her weight, one for her hair, one for her perspiration She looked out the window Felt hollow She had nothing to write about, nothing to talk about No one wanted to walk – her dog sat in the middle of…
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