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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

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Alone in his dark apartment
black dog asleep
the sound of children playing
in the street outside his window-
children of color, his housekeeper says,
not quite seeing the distinction
only hearing happy voices-
an old jazz number on the radio
as he stands and dances slowly
with his cane tap, tap, tapping
to the beat and dreaming of a girl
he once read about named Helen
in a book of braille.

r ~ 6/6/14

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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

Nana in the Morning

Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

r

Nana in the Morning

O,
to be
Manet
with Nana
on that morning
before the stroke
of brush did touch
her cheeks with blush
of immoral immortality.

r ~ 6/11/14

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|. Edouard Manet 1832-1883
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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

In the mirror

Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

r

In the mirror

I had a father,
he was a kind man.
I'm not the kind of man
he was.

I try hard,
sometimes I fail.
I still look for him
in the mirror.

He fought two wars;
didn't make him strong.
He did that on his own;
he fought his own wars.

Looking back
now that he's gone,
I have to stop and wonder
what was in the water.

My old man
was the kind of man
that someday I hope to see
in the mirror.

r ~ 6/14/14

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| My old man. Happy Father's Day.
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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

Nature Mocks Me

Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

r

Nature Mocks Me

Lazy me.

Still in last night's Rust Never Sleeps T and boxers. Unshaven. Hair pointed in cardinal directions while blue sky frowns down upon me for smokin' up its air.

Mockingbirds playing the guess me game again. Bluebird splashes in the bath giving me a subtle hint.
Mr. Cardinal and Blue Grosbeak
compliment each other on their choice
of colors.

Yellow and Orange daylilies compete
in their own beauty pageant while hibiscus shares her flowers with bees.

Humminbird humming a happy song.

My sweet mutt Daisy is embarrassed to be sitting out here beside me.

Time to go in and let nature bask again.

r ~ 6/15/14

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| Lazy day.
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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

Cell concerto 1897

Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

r

Cell concerto 1897

Guard's boots echo on stone floor
Crash of ocean pounding rocks
Roar of wind across the waves
Lost gull cries against the storm
Clang of iron door slamming shut
Key rattled lock clunking tight
Stifled whimper, slap of skin on skin
Maddening laugh follows screams
Psalms 23-4 whispered over and over
Sounds of hell slide through my bars
like wisps of black smoke in the night.

r ~ 6/15/14

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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

Caroline

Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

r

Caroline

Caroline loves the ocean.
Her soul sails on a Carolina breeze.
But her music's in the mountains,
and her heart's back home
where it needs to be.

I'm stuck here
in a Carolina wind,
wading in the ocean
with my heart in Tennessee,
and my mind on Caroline.

Carolina's got everything
a man could want.
Everything he needs.
It's got the mountains and the ocean.
It has a Carolina breeze.

He has everything but Caroline;
everything but Tennessee.

r ~ 6/22/14

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| Carolina ocean breeze
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Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

Reality?

Jun 2014 Evelynn Hohenbrink

MalaiDaisies

Reality?

The sun was shining,
The birds were chirping,
A bomb exploded.
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Well THAT escalated quickly.

Nishad :)