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Directionally Challenged

In the middle of her path, she saw a red, octagonal, sign, with the word STOP, and tiny, white, blinking lights around its perimeter, so she stopped.No road ahead, left, or right, she sat, in silence, thinking. “I guess turning … Continue reading

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No Comparison

I choose not to compareMyself to this “god of the day”Who folds and cowersWhen comes the nightEscapes to illicit affairsShining one? au contraire!Venture deepWhere mortals sleepA goose is more faithfulTo its youngNo wonder Hera’s rageIf you will, I choose to … Continue reading

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Soil

As Sharon poured the rich soil into the small white pot, suddenly she was 20, listening to Jack talk about his weed-less garden to the whole office. Every summer, he bragged about his pristine garden, and I wondered how many … Continue reading

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Incandescent

Wrath wraps me in sweet rhapsodyWhen I think of heaven’s arch enemyGlowing in flames eternallyOnce, archangel, now his wings cut to the quick One copious moment, a sea of blueWill be a vehement final viewShould these eyes spy a one … Continue reading

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Morning

I say good-bye to starlit dreams, — companions in the dead of night I make my bed from bottom up — till not a wrinkle in one’s sight Should my night friends befit the day — I know my judge … Continue reading

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A Garden Party for One

There are far too many poetsFar too many stories to be toldFar too many wordsToo many memories one can hold Far too many voicesBut how much silence can one bearWhen God did far too muchFor all people everywhere Oh how … Continue reading

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Stretched and Strengthened

No cold lately, and its been a while since the box of tissues was empty Sounds of Silence plays but only she hears the words, and now knows the intent behind the music Crowded words set against a backdrop of … Continue reading

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A Poem of Paradoxical Proportion

An asp apprehended Absidy in one apprehensive momentShe didn’t recognize her alayeAbsidy abounded when absolution made a wayAn asp is but an assHe silks and slithers ‘round its preyNow eternal life for AbsidyAn abyss awaits AlayeWhile pain insists let peace … Continue reading

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Prelude to Peace

“I want peace upon the earth”, she hopelessly cried,“Peace begins with you”, she heard from the Spirit inside“I thought Peace was Your Word”“Yes, you’re right, I brought a sword Every time my sword cuts your heart asunderYour eyes slowly open … Continue reading

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Did Motherhood Make Me a Trans/parent?

Perfect happiness is a perfect world *I stopped looking here That you may never know true loveIs my greatest fear * Buried in these trivial promptsIs my current state of mind “ Ventriloquism would be a blast *I would trade … Continue reading

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