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 Jul 16 Leaetta May
Mélissa
Through winters I long
For summers to come
And then they come
And I hate them
I'm always escaping
Never a part of the world
Through daytime I long
For the night's veil to fall
But it falls on me
Heavy like a rope net
I'm always waiting
Life always on hold
 Dec 2024 Leaetta May
Ken Pepiton
Sculpted faces,
aging drama queens,

all the world's stages, this
is after those, these depths
of despair, where no pieces fit,

Kintsugi, fractured flash bulb scene,

an instamatic moment, a Kodak memory.
Hollywood Blvd... just a photomatic meme function we can use... while imagining converting vhs to mp4, before it's more plastic in the sea.
 Aug 2024 Leaetta May
Mike Hauser
Oh Snap
The jig is up
Caught red handed
With an overdue book

There's nothing to sneeze
As the Library Police
Roughed little me up
And slap the cuffs on me

Said book was due
Back in '92
They don't play that game
Or whistle that tune

Paraded out front
In the Police lineup
As the Librarian screams
That's the crook, lock him up

Now crying I find
Myself doing hard time
As that overdue book
Lingers on in my mind

Slapped with 3 years
Ironing book marked dog ears
Time off with good behavior
If I obey while I’m here

But the hardest part
Like it or not
They stripped me of my dignity
And took my library card
Can you tell I’ve got way too much time on my hands 🤪😂
 Apr 2024 Leaetta May
nivek
caught in the act
all of the time
self-censoring
 Apr 2024 Leaetta May
nivek
weaved
 Apr 2024 Leaetta May
nivek
weaved within creation
a child of the Universe
tuned in wavebands
ancient pathways
a finger painted wall.
Internal movement
Pumps
Up liquid
Seeps
Externally
I played with words
much like I fed the birds

    one morsel here
       another there

then suddenly became aware

they pulled together
     and made sense

have been a player ever since
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