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Musings: Good Time to Believe in Reincarnation
This would be a good time to Believe in reincarnation because as You’ll see karma isn’t real. Give me your future, I said, I’ll invest it and we’ll prosper And rejoice together. But now I have to tell you The … Continue reading
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Tagged future, investment, karma, musings, poetry, reincarnation, The 1 percent, the 99, Wall Street, water
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Musings on a Friendly Leak
The faucet has issues. We both know it. I look away when she goes kunk, kunk, kunk. I don’t like to stare. She pretends it didn’t happen. But the water trickling from her hose Like a fighter’s bloodied nose Is … Continue reading
Musing: Turning Glycerin to Dust
The bottle says Glycerin. It is not. Unless glycerin turns to Dust. And while I suppose everything Can turn to dust in time I hold to my Intuition that this is not glycerin. No amount of rubbing the mysterious Dust … Continue reading
Musings on Abandonment
You said it wasn’t abandonment (You just knew I had went) You said the freeways have more exits (Oh, are you still perplexed) I said honey, please (Honey’s just for bees) Don’t abandon me (You’re already history) Don’t abandon me … Continue reading
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Tagged abandon, abandonment, blues, breakup, musings, poetry, relationship
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Musings on Licks
No honey, don’t lick the epoxy. I know it’s sticky. I know it smells sweet. Would be the last treat For you and me. I know, you would lick it for me. I know, you would. Please honey, don’t lick … Continue reading
My Brain Needs a Massage
Pressure points on my neck My neck is very tight Pressure points on my back My back is very tight Stretch the shoulder Prod the quad You’re a wreck Could take all night The muscles groan Then give in I … Continue reading
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Tagged brain, massage, muscles, musing, nerves, poetry, relaxation, stress
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Musings on a Young Tree
Lean, lean, lean deep Touch the wet ground Bounce, bounce, bounce high Reach for the clouds Lean, Bounce, Dip, Dive Too fast, slow down I hear your sinews groan I see your branches flail Lean, bounce, whoosh, whip Cannot slip … Continue reading
Musings on the Driveway Cracks
They said they would appear, The cracks that is, Eventually, Inevitably, Not hairline fractures Not superficial scratches But deep cracks, all the way Down to the times of sand That comprise the shifting Moving underlayment. Well come they did, they … Continue reading
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Tagged ants, cracks, driveway, grains, poem, poetry, sands of time, wrinkles
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Musing on a Street Symphony
Rumble, rattle and groan The box cars and the bridge Compose a symphony Sweet reverberations Echoing down the street Canopied by the trees Each box car plays its part Wears anonymous art From city to city A free show on … Continue reading
Musing on Someone Else’s Feet
Clumped at the bottom of the rusty Sieve, next to the unwashed cleaver, deprived of life affirming Collagen, the declawed chicken feet Linger limply on, the last of their Pungent poultry odor clinging closely by. Reminiscences of chicken soup for … Continue reading
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Fortress of Dissolitude 