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The Gift
A shiny ribbon
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some glitter
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paper folded
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precisely
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edges taped
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concealment
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mystery
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sus
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Karaoke
I could kid myself
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and say that you are in me
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but really
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I am just trying
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to force the issue
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Strawberries
red
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delectable
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plump
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augmented with a swirl
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of whip cream
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and life clicks by
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like a caro
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Saturnine
The sun shines so early
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this morning
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but your face reads cloudy
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with a chance of smiting rain
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Eye Opening
A slash of red
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on white canvas
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aggression maybe
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war
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might is right
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so clear
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and pure
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l
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Briefcase
Leather
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wrinkled with age
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but trusty
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case in point
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without the fluff
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we are talking about
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March Madness
Much simpler
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than a scramble
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for a basketball
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I'm crazy for the trees
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beginning
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to bud
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f
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Jigsaw Puzzle
A swatch of sky
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literally blue
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a patch of green
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light to dark
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swirls and flourishes
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impres
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Slices of Ham
just one minute
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in the microwave
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and watch it bubble and
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sizzle
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greasy
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slabs of fat
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and
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Marco Polo
The cool aquamarine water
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ripples
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as it kisses the skin
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and we move like fish
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fumbling
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in
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Note on the Refrigerator
Went to the store
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for bread
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eggs sugar
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and milk
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don't worry
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about this morning
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all will
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boot
i sweep
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the floor
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i drag your valises
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up to your room
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I park your
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cars
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i avail
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or prof
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Bugle
To be hell ridden
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of the itch of worry
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are words I wish
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I wrote
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but alas
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they are what I'v
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Natural Observation
Sun's rays
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pierce
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the bronchial
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latticework
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of the bare trees
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in late Fall
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leaving me wi
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First Watch
Eggs Benedict
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ham on rye
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with freshly squeezed
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orange juice
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and I'm reminded
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of you
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and
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Tired Eyes
The glow of the cigarette
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still bright orange
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but yet it droops
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and blue smoke curls
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upward
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Broken Sunrise
Open
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with a red-orange sunrise
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then
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crack that sunrise like an egg
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and let the yoke and whit
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Smile
Boxes of stuff
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dropped
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by mechanical pigeons
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flitting about
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from street to street
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eggs and
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Cup of Water
No surface tension
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as it is filled
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just below the lip
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and it rests
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on a coaster
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sitting on
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Love
It's what it's not
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your last nerve
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frayed
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or your life like a baby tooth
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hanging by a thread
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Flotsam and Jetsam
The damage is done
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my love
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and I understand that your forgiveness
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won't be forthcoming
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and a
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Spring Snow
Like a giant hand
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shaking a box of soap flakes
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all over the place
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then
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scouring
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rinsing /
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Evening sky in Summer
Now
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a faded pair
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of blue jeans
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that served us well
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as shadows set in
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and pretty soon
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the
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Mule Deer
There's a whistle blast
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on the wings
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of a guitar string
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followed
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by a mountain of mirth
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jo
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book buying
did he
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or did he not
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write his great American novel
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on a roll of toilet paper
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so many questi
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