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Your Birthday Poem
Your birthday present is on its way I was gonna send you a poem but didn’t know what to say But, my old friend, I think about you often I don’t like to share my poems because I’m afraid of people scoffing I’ve experienced a lot of that since adulthood, how about you? When we…
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Resignation
I’ve imagined this for a long time now But typically after a bad day or when some minor thing didn’t go my way But presently I’m feeling like a tipped cow But in an evergreen pasture I’ve zoomed out, been to the highest hill, seen the heart of the matter In the past nine years…
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Troubled, Terrific Moms
Mother’s Day is coming I’ll be a mother on the next one In my lower abdomen there’s a soft humming I’ve got my fears but it seems most women survive Lately I’ve been dreaming about my own mother Her piercing eyes Her anxiety, how it always troubled me I’m realizing now that there were some…
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My Princess
I wonder where we’ll be in a year I wonder if all my insecurities will have disappeared I envision myself a strong fortress, a defender, a warrior You, a princess I’ll do anything for You’ll probably be oblivious to the monsters outside the door Over time I imagine you’ll show me they’re not even real …
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Miss Moses
Her name was Miss Moses She had a history of psychosis She was known to talk to bushes And she’d spent many years living on couch cushions She wore a beanie in the summertime And that was the only thing – sometimes Words weren’t her strength She’d be seen waving a wooden staff when she’d…
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Writing Excuses
What are your excuses for not writing? They’re probably the same as mine and not very exciting: -Forgetting to give the dog his medicine -Forgetting to shut the windows again -Needing to mow the grass – because you see the neighbor out mowing hers -Believing your lack of ideas is a curse -Needing (wanting) to…
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Drinking Coffee Slowly
Back then it was torture Driving 45 minutes on a Sunday after church In tight dress clothes And the sun was a scorcher So was seeing family – no one would say it but everyone knows I was with my mother and father and older brother Venturing to see my father’s parents My aunt and…
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The Woman and the Dentist
It was her first time ever going to the dentist It felt like going to the Olympics All those years of being on the street She finally won Won the lottery Her first stop was the dentist She went for the apprentice Because she wanted something unspeakable Something to prove the unbelievable That she was…
writings on life
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