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Cold Against Me
Why is Saturday winter morning
Cold, sleepy, sneezy, eyes closed-y
Yawning
In bed seems to take the world away for three seconds
Then cold is back
Falling down on me
Like feathers bathed in icy water -
Things To Do Before You Die
1. Read a Shakspeare play.
2. Learn another language.
3. Run at least a mile.
4. Kayak or canoe down a river.
5. Go camping.
6. Take care of an animal.
7. Be on a team or a group effort.
8. Write a poem. -
Oh (A Third Time)
Oh.
I see who you are.
Calling me a nerd again.
I can't believe you're supposed
To be my friend.
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Blight
There was a giant ocean of paint
A canvas stroked over and over with the blue from a bottomless can
Swipe,
Swipe,
Swipe,
Patiently, over and over.
The man had been working for days on the masterpiece - -
Arc
of streaked paint on the street
of oil in the river
arc of the voices that cry out into the wind
they arc, the blend together.
because an arc is a bridge
it carries one thing to another -
Tears
yellow are the tears that run down my face
I choke on them, I leave them on my skin to dry
I ignore them
I ignore everything bad in this world
it is not for me to look at
I sit in my corner
watching