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 Jan 2017 Ju Clear
Doug Potter
Five-thirty a.m., and I step
outside for the newspaper,

not four feet away
a raccoon sits like

a paunchy Buddha,
smiling as only

liars and sick
animals can.

I toss a half-eaten
bacon between  its  legs,

Pick up the paper,
back away.
 Jan 2017 Ju Clear
Brother Jimmy
I feel you watching me
I know you're right there
Just out of view, hiding
Why not just appear?
I look for your ghost
Each turn that I take
Materialize please
For heaven's sake
What are we in for?
Give us a clue!

But you wouldn't if you could
That's exactly like you
Naw, you've gone to heaven, for you it's begun
Or ...you rest till the last day,
and THEN we'll have fun.

Whatever.
... just saying, if you are still near,
Come give me a whisper right here in my ear

Then on with you to the light if that is the way

But maybe leave me a note ??
...in case I pass the same way?

On MY final journey,
I dare not get lost.
I need the real stuff-
Even counting the cost
So ready the tree and the nails for me
Or put in a good word
Cause I want to see
The center
Of joy
In
Its
Truest  
Form

Just hope
That I can
Weather the storm
 Jan 2017 Ju Clear
Onoma
Faintly January,
enthroned by tradition...
yet time is too full with singular
collapse.
Older than The New
Year, younger than last year.
Minute detail pulsing
over the lip of The Cup.
Collision of cause and effect...
karma's confession.
Thought, out-thought...
just the crushing crux
of diamonds, being caught
by the right light...
faintly January.
 Jan 2017 Ju Clear
Melissa S
The scars are there
but they are hidden on the inside
Makes it easier for us to hide
They are not very pretty
but have learned to live alongside
Sometimes buried deep
Sometimes buried
beneath......
Life is made up of darkness and light
What matters most is how
We choose to act on this
Sometimes dark takes us for a spin
Then light finds us and cuts right in
We choose to believe there is
still beauty in this world
Bad stuff in life happens
But guess what? We are still here
There is always going to be darkness
Just look to the light when you can
Don't let life weigh you down
We can always begin again
Darkness doesn't have to be the end
Not when you have a sister....a
unique connection and poetic friend

*Love to you my sister/poetic friend K
aka Ghost of Jupiter
Thanks to all  who read this and gave me a heart and  or comment.
This was a very happy unexpected surprise
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