gremlin fodder

I must be getting old Is my heart getting cold Count me among the cynical I echo my high school teacher’s words, “I wasn’t born yesterday” It seems all human history is cyclical Up to 35, I thought I knew the way But now I can’t wait for winter To feel the arctic air To

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I’d love to see that cypress tree with snow on it Those soft green whisps and their brown pinecones dusted in white But even now at the end of summer it’s a pretty sight Dangling over the water So much so I take a moment to sit And to stare out at the flat lake

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I helped my sister-in-law walk to her house She was coming out of anesthesia Her speech was mumbled I told her to be careful not to stumble The yellow bracelet on her wrist read in black bold letters FALL RISK That she was trying to balance A catheter tube came out of her pants I

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Where are all the men My brother said if a man-eating lion got out of the zoo He would starve to death There’s a whole lot of TV interviews of moms and aunts, grandmas A whole family’s breadth But there are no fathers, uncles, or grandpas Young men with no one to look to I

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On Sunday mornings my dog likes to watch Meet the Press It helps him relax, or stimulates his brain, I guess I thought nothing of it till later when we strolled He said, “Mama, I just turned five and I’m gettin’ old You always told me I was a smart pup So I decided to

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I told him what I there for Who knew the pharmacy can fill your prescriptions, sell you wine, and more He walked me over to the white curtain I stood in front of it “Do you have a hair tie,” he asked me I wasn’t certain “They have to see your ears” I reached up

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I hear him before I see him And I smell the steak The patients smell it too They say so I’ve been around long enough to not make a fatal mistake I avert the break room Though I’m starving, in the shadows I choose to loom I walk past and see a pamphlet on the

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There’s a new puppy on my block I saw him last night on my walk He’s the cutest thing I’ve ever seen Aside from my own pup, of course, when he was young It was amazing to see how cells replicated and a year later a 100-pound Golden retriever was sprung Last night we walked

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I used to walk through the halls of hell When I was 20-years-old, 14 years ago I worked as a nursing assistant at a nursing home I showed up in my lime green scrubs I had a curiosity for what everything was I felt so optimistic at the get-go It was my introduction to the

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