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bulletcookie Dec 2021
silly sung a soggy song
of tears wrapped in an envelope

years all tapped with angry raps
as neighbors' shades were drawn

scrawling bye 'n byes in flowing ink
all strung with notes of woe
postage licked with bitter spit
heart's bucket pours the soul

poets write to move the wind
lead like all Nantucket quilts
friendship and industry woven tight
too understand the cause to plight

today away from nay and sorrow
embrace the path to reach the 'morrow

-cec
confessional poets ...
bulletcookie Dec 2021
evanescent sun
vanishing into cloud's tears
winter's nostalgia

-cec
bulletcookie Nov 2021
grows more every year
birthed it and gave it nourishment
it likes to grow now, wants to grow
it feeds upon past memories
skeletons from previous years' lists
the burnt offerings of cards
in the fireplace
roasted chestnut traditions
in the open flame of hope
wishes for a better better year
while we char our meats black
on Friday instead of fish
or is that good Friday fry
either way the list is listing
as wet weather turns cold as ice
and white is the color on trimmed
red coats and roof tops

-cec
bulletcookie Nov 2021
awake, awake, the time grows near
when winter casts its net

awake, awake, this time of fear
where tyrants rule and wreck

in town and village people bear
as mud runs in the streets

our city fathers slink to lair
while villains rage and reap

awake, awake, the time is here
to hand and raise alarm

call out to heroes brave with cheer
to save good ways from harm

awake, awake, the land does roar
will make this sphere complete

our children's calls must give us cause
regain this garden sweet

-cec
bulletcookie Nov 2021
morning sun, glass sliced
spectre colors tinge curtains
autumn's complexion

-cec
bulletcookie Nov 2021
joy sung to a rose
passions' herald red revelry
intoxication

-cec
bulletcookie Nov 2021
picked up the phone
ringing in tongues

hello dear words
time stamped in white

idioms in digital limbo
casting a net of zeros and ones

primal packets once dots and dashes
hoping to gain sound or sight

numbed senses by arthritic messages
left twisting in the wind of microseconds

faster than a speeding bullet
but unable to leap imagination's bound

there it is again
a ringing in the ear, carnival sounds

-cec
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