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I am darkness.
I wear the mask of sunny mornings
But dark shadows seep around the edges.

I am storm clouds.
I masquerade as blue sky days
But the cows out in the fields lay down.

I am a somber dirge
Though my speakers play a happy song
It’s always in a minor key.

I am tomorrow.
While I can’t untangle from today
I waft the scent of yesterday.
                     ljm
I have oberved that when it's about to rain in farm country, most of the milk cows out in the pasture lay down. I don't know why. They won't tell me.
 May 2021 Napolis
Grace E
If woman was taken from mans rib
I surely must have been taken from yours
IF  YOU  HAD  A  PENNY  FOR
EVERY  TEAR  I’VE  CRIED  FOR  YOU,
YOU’D  BE  A  FREAKIN’   BILLIONAIRE.
                                    ljm
Mother's Day is tomorrow.  That always falls on a cry-day.
 Apr 2021 Napolis
Grace E
Suddenly I get it
A certain sweet love made me see
It’s nothing that I can quite describe
It’s something special you do to me

I’m perplexed
You’re so self-controlled, yet so raw
I just can’t name what it is
A genuine je ne sais quoi

I’d never give myself away
But I have deep feelings, it’s true
You are so very different
Make a girl want to cook and clean for you
 Mar 2021 Napolis
Gela
Midsummer
 Mar 2021 Napolis
Gela
Amidst the void in my life,
I found you.
And I hope I'll never lose you
Nor myself, ever again
letters from the past years
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