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A Moment
Most moments in our lives pass unnoticed, without remark or consciousness. / Then, there are those that mean something, or that we choose to mean something, / that become a placeholder for our lives, to add meaning, understanding, passage
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Jun 4, 2013
an old drawer
I cleaned out an old drawer / of odds and ends. / paperclips and the door to a battery case on some remote
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May 18, 2013
Assault Weapons
Quick, cold efficient / Perfect for killing a child. / We need more of these
3
Jan 10, 2013
Beauty
Amidst a day cloaked in grey and cold / Like it was dressed in the angry, divisive garments of the world. / I saw a thing of beauty.
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Jan 28, 2013
Blessed
From my first cry / Mother's embrace, father's joyful face / Medicine says its for air
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Nov 28, 2012
Buster
Worthy and stalwart sojourner, / Bright as the sun and carried forth by devotion to the journey / Disguised as a common school bus that has been modestly adorned.
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Feb 7, 2013
Cat Haiku
A snuffling comrade, / Curled in a silky smoothe ball. / What great joy a cat!
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Jan 29, 2013
Cosette
You save them, / And then they save you. / Worthy motto not for Puppy Mill Rescue alone.
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Mar 22, 2013
Dance Away
In shadowed light / Through filtered lens / I saw a glimpse
36
Dec 1, 2012
For Coffee, for Love
Under cozy cover, / Windows frosted opaque. / Only for my lover,
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Dec 29, 2012
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