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Jeff Lewis Oct 2022
Kinda Like the Community Pool
Diving
in the shallow end
of life
isn't really the safe option
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Jeff Lewis Jun 2021
Falling into ditches as a matter of course
Blind men leading,
and the mute follow.
The future
stands wide open,
     if you have the right key.
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Jeff Lewis Nov 2020
Realizing...
...that life is a blank canvas
after I've
pawned my paint and
brushes
for a bitter cup of coffee
and a bus pass.
hold on to your dreams
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Jeff Lewis Jul 2020
What to do with the night
I would banish all my ghosts
      banish all pain
            all shame
I would banish the night
      but then
             I might forget my name
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Jeff Lewis Dec 2019
A Proclivity for Pessimism
Oh,

to

         float free
                               among
    the
               clouds


But the sky
                                    is clear and blue




****
Thwarted again.
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Jeff Lewis Nov 2019
A Portal to Rortle Chortle Madness
Rortle beans.
You've never had them.
But if you had,
You would know
They make you chortle.
Like a tortle on its back
Would never do
To you.
Poor tortle. (flip 'em over will ya)
Up too late
#nonsense
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Jeff Lewis Nov 2019
Nothing Like It, Just Everywhere You Look.
Something?
Anything?
Nothing.

That's what I have today,
nothing.

But nothing
might be
something,

if seen a certain way.
Nothing is nothing, except room to grow.
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