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All these little poems
Like a diary
My lonely little life
Lonely but xie xie ni

                Si.
It was supposed to be you-- I'll admit it.
I just knew we’d be through,
Once we were lit.
But we went out like a fuse.
All the music that we played while we were stuck in our rooms
had us thinking that somehow the future made room for two.
I wasn't the most astute, guess all I knew was from books.
But I reckon every second
that I didn’t need you
became a weapon I feel blessed with.
I'm so glad that we’re through.
No resentment, I'm corrected.
Told depression, "F*ck you."
Sometimes you have to play yourself in order to find your tune.
Once I met the consequences, I knew what I could pursue.
Our beginning was an end to everything I once knew.
Now I'm swimming by the edge;
it’s time I bid you adieu.
I'm no longer confused, I bit the forbidden fruit.
Had to look in the mirror so I could str.a.p on my boots.
 Aug 3 Kalliope
Shaun Yee
the red sun sinking in the horizon
we can enjoy it many minutes more
before mosaic waves of brilliant colours
descend upon the evening sky for sure
I always told you I wore them
because of my eye surgeries
the light hurts my eyes
I said
truth is
I didn’t want you to see
the sadness
I still don’t
 Aug 3 Kalliope
Bob B
Someone once said that we die twice--
First, when we take our very last breath.
The flame on our candle goes out as we
Transition between life and death.

But then comes our second dying.
It’s similar but not the same.
That death occurs when someone for
The very last time says our name.

So where are extinguished flames?
What happens to the morning dew?
What effect does speculating
Have upon our point of view?

Life has many questions to ponder.
I wonder if such thoughts are freeing:
Knowing that we once had been
And not remaining attached to being.

-by Bob B (10-26-19)
 Aug 3 Kalliope
Zywa
You are poetry,

sleeping in a guest-room bed --


and I keep watching.
Poem "Chaos" (1998, Erik Jan Harmens)

Collection "Loves Tricks Gains Pains in the 80s and 90s"
I want you to ruin my life
and maybe yours at the same time

I want you to tell me you love me
even if you don't
because for a moment it could be nice
to just be in the wrong

We could sit amongst the rubble
talk about the meaning of it all
as if any of it matters

I want you and I know I shouldn't
I'm just searching for validation
while you look for an exit sign

But, maybe it'd be nice
to set it all on fire and fall for a line
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