Category: Poem
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Bad Guys in Movies
What’s it like to be the bad guy in the movies How do people treat you in reality Is each role worth it or just another fatality In a tucked-in, button-up shirt Hair slicked back How many people on the screen do you hurt Do you ever do the math I heard a philosopher say:…
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Gravity
I watch the elderly man across the street A motorized platform lowers him from the bus onto the pavement The bus driver comes around to spot him, but not to touch He stands close by It’s an odd arrangement There is a hunch The man’s posture is nearly at 90 degrees His eyes almost parallel…
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The Cough
He was coughing in the office next to me His red cheeks, green tie, white hair Gave off the ambience of a Christmas tree To be fair, the doctor himself was fighting a cold The coughing was the loudest he’d ever been He didn’t ever seem bold He’s one of those people who says little…
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Resignation
Dear director, Due to foreseen circumstances I won’t be attending your program in the new year I opted for something better My gremlins plant doubts But I figure I’d better take my chances So I decided to quit, to get out Before I start There was a sense of impending doom After a few conversations…
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Lucy Black
You were talking to me in a dream the other night I could see your face and hair all white You were talkative in your usual tone Spry, with red lips, and wide-eyed Hard to believe you were 88 It was still as if it came for you too soon December 22nd was the date…
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Mean
It used to bother me How some people can be so mean I have a journal where I’ve written each encounter I read through them this morning, it took an hour How I’m too young, how I’m too thin, how I don’t fit in How I’m incompetent I can see each mouth that spewed the…
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Revelation
Sometimes you don’t know the impact you have Your words are like a waterfall or like Dominoes A rushing flood The same with what you do And the things you think Whether anyone knows It’ll all be uncloaked Every hidden agenda Every thing thought, every word spoke Whether or not you’re a pretend-a A revelation…
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Hope
I didn’t think it would feel like thisDuring the holidays, a strange emptiness I never thought I’d be jaded But it seems like even the brightest of the lights have faded My years are on rerun Things that were once alluring no longer hold any fun At my job I wonder is this it? Have…
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Appendix
There was a pain in your bellybutton You thought for a few days maybe it was nothing But it got worse So you texted me, your friend, a nurse You know you’re an adult when people only call or text because they want something You asked about your symptoms and I said it depends Any…
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The Train
There was a train during rush hour I sat in traffic with everyone else, feeling sour The stoplights at each block were red One turned green But none of us could move We were tight in the street like sardines The sky turned yellow-pink I put the minivan in park Took my foot off the…
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