gremlin fodder

My heart hammers as I think about it A 30 min drive I dread It’s Christmas I should be resolute but I’m conflicted instead My husband stayed behind with his family I said I’d go see mine so I do I don’t want to be there But in 30 minutes I’m here A place I’ve

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I learned a lot about you after you were gone Your son put the pieces together It was hard A eulogy My Christmas card You had your start in New York But you weren’t really ever born until Vermont Where you met the Lord and were forever changed The writing of your life switched font

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The sky is a painting Better yet a movie So many scenes A different one each day Like my dreams I like to watch it as I run As I drive home from work As I get dressed In the morning it glows – yellow-orange Afternoon, a mellow yellow with purple blue clouds At night

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Will you forgive me I’m guilty like all the rest I have a hard time being around everyone Even if I try my best I sip water compulsively No wine – they might look at me I judge everyone in the room As my shoulders stoop I hope the time to leave comes soon I

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Is this the age at which calls and texts make me shudder Seems to be the case – increasingly so At least via text my friends can’t stutter My heart fluttered today as one came through Have you heard?, it said I wait for the truth Hoping another’s not dead Turns out life support this

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Do you want a flu shot? Sure you had a reaction 30 years ago – it made you ill Your mom never had one You say they’re made to kill And with a sore arm you can’t have any fun Anyway, you think it’s a conspiracy It’ll cause cancer You think as you light your

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Sometimes – no, almost all the time, I’d like to just be alone Solitary, solo It wouldn’t be scary I could blast the heat Get off my feet Open the blinds, or close them Light a candle Leave my clothes on the floor Do whatever I want in my own retreat One day I woke

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Belinda’s knees ached as she walked toward the office She slid on the ice Thinking it couldn’t get worse than this Her hips waddled as her feet lost their grip She reached out for something but nothing was there So she slipped Of course she landed on her bad knee Aretha walked up and said

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Tick-tock The sound drives me mad In the middle of the night when I can’t sleep I hear it Its blessings and curses I reap Sheeewww Outside among the leaves I see it In old pictures In my husband’s face In our joints The little kid in the yard next door All the argued points

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