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Salt
It’s better than biting into dark chocolate-almond-sea salt bark The salt water, the sand, the cloudy sky On a Saturday morning The sun pokes through, what a spark No other people nearby I watch the pelicans fly They hover over the water Those salty waves I run through the dunes Is that pompass grass or…
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The Cookie
Even into today we were raving About how we went to Harris Teeter because of our craving Sure, we’d just watched a CrossFit documentary Who could the fittest on Earth be Sculpted shoulders and chiseled abs Something like this, have they ever had Encased in a paper bag and slightly steaming You handed it to…
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Husband’s Home
I don’t know how Navy wives do it This week proved it You were only gone for five days It was like the breath left me I missed you in so many ways Bereft like I was lost at sea No one to say “hey” back when I called Just me inside the four walls…
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Halloween Pharmacy
Kool-Aid on the shelf stacked up to the ceiling Froot Loops in the aisle I’ve got an eerie feeling Pepsi and Halloween candy It’s on every corner It’s meant to be dandy An autumnal festival at the local grocery store How ironic that the pharmacy is in the same building Just feet away People get…
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An Ode to Suzie
Hey dare! I wonder what you’re doing now Being a maka-ma Pigging out Or maybe durring out On your way to the Bahamas I miss you since you left yesterday You know who else misses you? D bay-bay Yesterday I accidentally washed your one shirt you left in the hamper D baby didn’t have a…
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Right on Red
I wonder if the car behind me can get any closer 20 over isn’t fast enough The city installs speed bumps to slow us all down I watch three consecutive cars turn right on red The sign next to the light says NO TURN ON RED At work everyone’s waistline expands From month to month…
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Little Delicacies
There’s a lot of little moments in life Little delicacies in this existence That make me happy Running distance My husband’s shin rubs after a race New cushiony shoes Setting a new PR when it was something I thought I couldn’t do Connecting the dots at work After doing some research On a pretty Sunday…
writings on life
gremlin fodder 