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Jenovah Mar 25
End
Our hands forgot how to nurture
Gentle simplicity
Is lost in our muscle memory

No sunlight and soft whispers
to coax a sprout
Only the chemical warfare route

Foraging a forgotten trade
And now the fruit is engineered
man-made

The neighbors were my friends
But we all boarded up our houses
And wait for the end
Jenovah Dec 2024
Routine

Rou t i n
                 e

I want you so badly

But I am inconsistant
Jenovah Dec 2024
Oh my  pauper darling!

Sewer rat my friend!

Side-walk pennies!

Corner coffee cup!

Garbage truck my love!

You call it insanity!

Haha,

But it’s just poverty!
Jenovah Aug 2023
Shedding my skin again
Dust off my bones
Beginning again

Crawl out of the cocoon
See new light
I will spread my wings soon

Wake from hibernation
Wipe sleep from my eyes
I’m a whole new creation

Crack open the shell
Taste newly fallen rain
It is time I prevail
Jenovah Feb 2023
I was a flame you fed
and burned too brightly;
Until you smothered me to ashes
Jenovah Dec 2022
Empty cups on string
I play pretend; ring ring!
I whisper “hello”
Just for fun…
But then I run

…Someone whispered back
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