#checked
“So good to be checked in on :)”
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so informed, I’m thinking,
yes, I know,
it is a spécialité de ma maison,
checking in on far and dear, not so near, ones,
periodically.
ask myself why,
and the answer comes easy,
intrusion and extrusion.
the pleasant shock of stumbling into an old friend,
both stuck in the revolving door at Macys Herald Square,
which is odd because it’s DECADES since I was there.
there are many outposts on the poetry cables
who have received this SOS, and the inevitable outcome is
a new poem commissioned and perhaps, no admission,
that’s the why and the wherefore surely so purely selfish.
need a guide to help me pick apples and pumpkins,
which is not in my wheelhouse of expertise,
thinking you could give me a boost,
so selfish, you see, picking up the pieces of fall(ing)
and poem titles from, then for, friends.
for you never know
when and how well,
cinnamon apple and pumpkin cream pie
soothes the souls from home grown tumult,
with hot tea.
SOs, how ya doing?
just checking in...
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9/12/19
Sep 12, 2019
Sep 12, 2019 at 4:58 PM UTC
some had liberal voices
speedily stowed away
so they'd observe silence
at the locale's cay
speaking freely was
deemed over the top
it wasn't viewed to be
a permissible cop
never utter loose dialogue
inside it walls
or you'll feel the marshal's
quietening squalls
be mindful of any
unrestricted tongue action
as it will provoke
an instantaneous reaction
would seem that all blurb
must be checked
if not it'll promptly get
well and truly decked
the judging panel like those
who stay within the limit
and to stray outside of it
will incur a demerit
Jun 3, 2018
Jun 3, 2018 at 9:17 PM UTC