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Again, once and always
The mistake. / This technology we now have, we make gut-ripping mistakes with it. / Or, at least you do.
13
Sep 20, 2015
Alone...
Still I stand, / Alone in the world, / People all around,
5
Dec 27, 2011
Bargain
It was in a bargain bin - an empty book of lined pages, embossed on the front in gold leaf: Journal. / This Journal -to me- could be a story, a book of poetry - a collection of thoughts and musings. It is blank and it is mine for a bargain. / Did they not see the value when they placed this in the bargain bin? It could, in the right hands, be turned into a fantasy, a love story, an epic journey. It doesn't have to be a Journal but maybe...
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Apr 7, 2013
Bundle
Sometimes parents have regrets, / We have regrets because we did not do right by our children, / We had you young, maybe when we shouldn’t have.
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Sep 28, 2011
....but it smells pretty
I don't know where to begin, / I don't know if I should. / After all they are only words.
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May 12, 2013
Casting shadows
You have cast your shadow today, / One you cast many years ago when I was a boy, / A boy full of ideals.
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Mar 14, 2013
December
You have again made your way in, / Cold and beautiful. / You are December,
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Dec 11, 2012
Earl Grey
Someone’s here to see you, / He is insistent, / I don’t know who it is, blue suit.
119
May 23, 2013
Fiber
Today / is but a day / that I am looking at like
15
Sep 28, 2011
Five hours from now, you will leave me again.
Five hours from now, you will leave me again. / You've only just returned from your nearly 24-hour time away from me. / I don't trust you.
25
Sep 3, 2015
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