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 Apr 2020 Eudora
Mike Hauser
I gave them my love
Deep down to the core
All that I had
Till I had nothing more

Lapped it all up
Like a thirsty dog
Then gave me a look
Is that all you've got

I pulled out my cash
Intending to buy
All the love I could
I can not deny

But love can't be bought
At least not for long
When boredom sets in
It moves on along

With this moral made
Before you give love away
Make sure there's enough
Of love you have saved

So you don't try in a jam
To buy it all back
When there's nothing left
Of the love you once had
 Mar 2020 Eudora
Mike Hauser
runaway
 Mar 2020 Eudora
Mike Hauser
some days
i must say
in my haste
i'd like to run away
from where i'm at
to another place
perhaps a wrinkle in
someone else's face
or hide out
inside a crooked smile
anywhere
where i'd not be found
catch an eye
in the middle of a blink
slide round back
and watch them think
after awhile
i would venture out
heading north
to bushy brow
change my looks
and identity
so no one in their right mind
would recognize me
jump onto a tear
wiped close to the ear
whisper subliminal messages
get me out of here
as i make my way
to another place
hiding out
on another face
another town
another frown
just your everyday
runaway
 Mar 2020 Eudora
Mike Hauser
One thing I've
Learned in life
Is don't dare blink
And you'll do just fine

I found this out
Blinking as a child
One second there
To where I am now

Did old age gradually
Creep up in me
No, it all happened
In the span of a blink
 Mar 2020 Eudora
ryn
Tethered
 Mar 2020 Eudora
ryn
.
Cut me loose

     from these strings

          that bind.


So I might again

     exercise the freedom

          of mind.


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 Mar 2020 Eudora
ryn
Captive
 Mar 2020 Eudora
ryn
.
Leaves on branches
break away and blow free.

In search of hale
untrodden ground.

Seemingly sturdy trunk,
bent to a slouch.

Captive roots half-emerged
from its earthly bound.


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 Mar 2020 Eudora
ryn
Prisoner
 Mar 2020 Eudora
ryn
I’ve
built
a cage
around
my
heart.

Not
to keep
you out,

but
to keep
you in.
 Oct 2019 Eudora
ryn
Inking
 Oct 2019 Eudora
ryn
Force not,
the coming of the ink.

Judge not,
what you feel and think.

•••

Then put nib to paper
and make your mark.

Let what flows
be brazen and stark.
 Oct 2019 Eudora
ryn
Submission
 Oct 2019 Eudora
ryn
.
Open mind

but closed doors.

Take my breath.

And make it yours.


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