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 May 2015 Emily L
XIII
Selfies
 May 2015 Emily L
XIII
Selfie pictures are such sad pictures.
Groupie, stolen, way better.
'Cause selfie seems so alone.
 May 2015 Emily L
Mike Essig
Have you ever noticed that
politicians are always
******* out of their mouths?
What exactly are they saying?
Buddha, Lao Tzu, Jesus
all said simply, pay attention
and try not to **** from your mouths.
Clearly, something got lost in translation.

  ~mce
 May 2015 Emily L
Mike Essig
I have quit deciding who I am.
It's too late to worry about it.
Now I pay more attention to what I do.
Time is running out. The deck
is stacked against me. It is nearly
impossible to consider the world
and yourself at the same time. Close
your eyes and try it. When they open
your children will be grown
and you will have missed your life.
Thought itself is suspect. What do
thoughts bring but mystery and worries.
Better the empty-headed monk scribbling
poems to nothingness than the cranky
scholar insisting on unimportant truths.
The deck is certainly stacked against
the scholar. I haven't decided about the monk.
I guess the question is what to do next
I believe I will take a nap and hope
for a vision. That seems a great compromise.
Nothing is stacked against naps except time
which matters not as we are only here for a moment.
After I wake up I'll invent a new calendar
so that the world slows down and there is
more time to kiss your forehead and keep you safe.
  ~mce
 May 2015 Emily L
Mike Essig
Love, you are all
that holds my heart
together,
so please take good care
of your own.
   ~mce
Feel better...
 May 2015 Emily L
Robert Herrick
Wassail the trees, that they may bear
You many a plum, and many a pear:
For more or less fruits they will bring,
As you do give them wassailing.
 May 2015 Emily L
Stace
I saw you in my dreams again
the first time in months
I guess my dreams no longer know you like I do
They still crave your presence
and welcome your smile
Back when your arms never felt hollow
before our smiles faded
and promises became harder to follow
My dreams no longer acknowledge that world
they have chosen to forgive you
because I never could
All along I just needed to
forgive myself
So I no longer blame you
for the things that could not be changed
I'll bite my lip and never speak these words
and instead,
**I will see you in my dreams.
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