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Halloween at Camp LeJuene
Halloween at Camp LeJuene
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So those storage tanks
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the ads of late-night-- all talkin' about
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som
4m
Nov 29, 2022
What People Read
You might be surprised by what people read
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at the kitchen table
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in the evening
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with dinner to
1m
Mar 25, 2022
Only You Can Prevent....
Smokey the Bear tried
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to warn us
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not to play with fire
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nor matches
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Never any carelessness /
2m
Jan 3, 2022
"Indian Burn"
“Indian burn?
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Let me show ya”
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He
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assaulted my arm, my mind
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at once
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Cannot protest
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or cha
1m
Dec 15, 2021
To the Hopeful Poet
To the hopeful poet
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Then there are the wrong words
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the ones out of season--
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the ones that harm
1m
Dec 2, 2021
The Poem Knows
The Poem Knows
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Where its spine is
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How with sinews to the bone
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its muscles do attach
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Where /
2m
Dec 2, 2021
Last Light
The last shall be first
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and the first last
1m
Nov 23, 2021
You Haven't Imagined
I imagine there is no place that I could go
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where you haven't imagined me
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Something, someone
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t
2m
Nov 23, 2021
Need
I need
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...but have been too long alone
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untouched by desire
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the presumption of love
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in joints
1m
Nov 13, 2021
Golden
Golden
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Two blocks away
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between the houses
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the sunset smolders golden
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through an oak
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Cold c
1m
Nov 11, 2021
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