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 Feb 2013 Andrea Cullen
Chuck
As you read this tee,
I spy into the depth
Of your
Pyrrhic soul
 Feb 2013 Andrea Cullen
Chuck
People will disappoint you
Find your hero within
Confidants are few

Worshiping athletes is through
Trash jerseys in the bin
People will disappoint you

Hero worship is taboo
Celebrities and spin
Confidants are few

Others will lead you askew
Fidelity is thin
People will disappoint you

Parents can lose luster too
Once hero, now has been
Confidants are few

Bid pseudo heroes a dew
Your hero dawns your skin
People will disappoint you
Confidants are few
I don't completely feel this way. I just told myself to write a poem about this subject. I love the Villanelle form.
The tyranny of the dull mind.
All’s lost
if you
cannot
be
kind.

The tyranny of the dull mind.
That dark place,
that made
you
blind.
 Dec 2012 Andrea Cullen
Tallulah
I’m made of fire
Shaped by its heat
A product of desire
In a drenched sheet
I’m made of fire
 Dec 2012 Andrea Cullen
Tallulah
You’re a puzzle
Thousands of missing pieces
When I reach to hold you
I touch the missing spaces

You’re going nowhere
Awfully fast
Pedal to the metal
Hope this high will last

“Do you see me?”
Your mother snaps.
Can’t hear.  Ears
overflowing with schnapps

Addiction coded in genes.
Father to son it passes
The pattern continues
Passed along in ***** glasses
he was cursed to love everyone in the world
and he could do nothing but try and enjoy it
 Oct 2012 Andrea Cullen
Jae Elle
she took the next
train
& forgot to check the
destination

she skipped her
last meal
& left her deathbed
at the station


she jumped from the
middle car
after a few drinks
& a stranger's
dare


now she'll forever roam
the woods with dirt
& flowers in
her hair
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