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I dreamed that I had
a boat on a leash,
which was strange
because moments before,
I had it in the ocean,
and I was fishing off
the starboard side.
My nephew was with me
and he got us lost.

We dragged that boat all
over Ventura.
We were looking for
the marina.
The longer that the boat
was on the leash,
the smaller it got.
Pretty soon it was
just a toy, a poisoned
dog that we
threw in the trash.
Here is a link to my you tube channel where I read my poetry.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKnpk9OMWXg&t=46s
This particular reading is of an open mic I did through the Writer's Workshop in Iowa City.

I've also been working on a website.
You look at me in disappointment,
yet you have crushed my wings.
You are now furious at me,
now that I cannot fly.
"No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings."
You buried me
Half the world away
And a lifetime ago

Yet you find me
In your every daydream
In every foreign touch
In every what if...

Almost...
But never quite
How haunting is that?
She is beautiful and clever,
I have to tell her,
“ My souls under pressure,
from my heart to love you forever”.
cold the touch of it
remembering what was lost
a blade of grief
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