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John MacAyeal Mar 2015
Rivaling gunfire
ten pairs of rock dove wings boom
and greet my presence
John MacAyeal Mar 2015
Sleeved out with tats
a stud in her nose
tailgating me
in a yellow Mustang
Common blaring
born in 1900
met him in 1855
lost him in 1942
still mourning
still morning
as she throws rocks at wolf cubs
to get to the strawberries
because
for a good meal
call a gatheress
Ancestress
of both
the killers
and the killed
John MacAyeal Dec 2014
Poem scrawled on the back of a MENS Step-Study Sign Up sheet left in a library book, The Use and Abuse of Literature, I checked out today:

The sleeper, though eyes closed and lying
Supine, awakens later only halfly and
The shape of the dawn comes in
Heavy ladders, steel beams
Slabs drying white to gray as they
Harden -- and feels as though
He slept not at all when the
Night was spent in dreams
Of
John MacAyeal Sep 2014
Only an hour left
of summer, a cicada
issues its last call
John MacAyeal Aug 2014
Don't go to school for knowledge, Granddad said
Good teachers
Leave you wondering
The best
Keep you mystified
John MacAyeal May 2014
Talking to himself
Maybe there was a time when
Somebody listened
John MacAyeal May 2014
Trudging up a hill
With a buggy a mom moves
Her baby forward
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