put it in a hallmark card i could write a generic poem for school shootings so we won’t have to come up with a new message each month how about this: our thoughts and prayers go out to your child shot in the mouth by the other child with an AR-15 bought legally in thisContinue reading “our thoughts and prayers go out “
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If I Die of Coronavirus
If I die on a ventilator Wipe it downTo use it later If I die in the ICUGive my bedTo someone new If I die in quarantinePay respectsThrough a computer screen If I die a corona deathKnow I foughtFor every breath
i can’t help but think
of the spring fling when you taught me to swingdance on the polished gymfloors you sent me twirlingsing sing sing and a string of pearls after that we satin the hatchback(of your used ford)pretending it wasn’t as coldas april in boulder you put your handon my shoulderand we listened to the rain there’s a parkContinue reading “i can’t help but think”
if only/shatter
If only one person Changes their mindTo see through the eyesOf the other side If more of us changeThe size of our shoesTo step into someone’sWith opposing views We might have a chance As a nation againDepending on whetherAnd if and when But so many of us chooseTo simply ignoreAs we climb ever higherOn the backs ofContinue reading “if only/shatter”
New World
It’s getting to the pointJust knowing what we doAbout the man in the White HouseAnd his version of truthThat people might realizeHe’s not what he seemsJust a dumbed down version Of the American dream… The king of fools sitsOn the royal shitterUpdating twitter With a healthy portion of hateTo be served on a silver plateAContinue reading “New World”
Look Closer
a block of solid metal standsupon a patch of grassunyielding in its permanence but worth a second glance one step closer might revealtrain tracks passing throughindustrial in nature;yet beckoning a few look closer see, it comes to life!movement, change of light – past and present heritage,among the starry night you may not see it passing byor lookingContinue reading “Look Closer”
the crow
it’s not the branch on which the crow perches above the world; it’s that he perches above the world Carolyn Fridman
weeping willows, sweeping showers
just before dawn, when the air is still, i rise to peer over the windowsill.the mist hangs heavy upon the lake,willows weeping in its wake.last night’s storm has tilled the earth and I am restless in its birthto see once moreweeping willows, sweeping showers. the stepping stones are slick with dew;a mourning dove calls out her cooaboutContinue reading “weeping willows, sweeping showers”
a room on the river
we had a room on the river and a futon and a cat and in the winter we rode the snowy hills and drank beer by the fire and you said it would always be like that but the nights were long and cold and the winter was dark and and and we drifted apartContinue reading “a room on the river”
anxiety is.
reality is a traffic jamanxiety is a car accident reality is laughteranxiety is at me reality is they’re busyanxiety is they don’t like me reality is a phone callanxiety is someone died reality is a fire drillanxiety is a shooting reality is an accidentanxiety is a bad mom reality is accomplishmentanxiety is not good enoughContinue reading “anxiety is.”
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