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Vivian Sep 2017
My Mom always makes nice shakes,
that we actually joke: "Mama Juice".
They could really win sweepstakes,
being much better than Jamba Juice!

Mama Juices could have fresh fruits:
my favorite flavor is usually avocado.
I’d really just love any Mama Juice,
being nice to drink and then swallow!

I'd drink smoothies just everyday,
since pure fruits could be their flavor.
Mama'd have me instantly go "YAY!",
since any shake could be a lifesaver!

I used to think of a bigger tummy,
but now am still feeling so healthy.
Enjoying Mama Juices being yummy,
thus I always then drink them: plenty!
This poem is about my Mom's shakes and is in ABAB form. It has 100 words, as  my other works do.
Zulu Samperfas Jul 2012
Lymphoma
There was a  fundraising run for lymphoma and other cancers
A little notice for it on top of the garbage can
at a home grown Jamba Juice right off the BART in Berkeley

It hit home: what I was up against
People don't run through the streets casually
and my cat had lymphoma

I couldn't find him last night for the first time
He had his weekly appointment and I brought in
something that didn't look at all like he was the week before

They paged the vet and she came in
saying thing like he needed an IV and tests and
wasn't there nothing else to do
didn't she say that
he needs hospitalization--his liver
we can't tell you what to do
but it would all go in a circle and come back
to a suffering being who had
come to the end of what science could do for him
what she was trying to tell me in her barrage of words
came through loud and clear

They brought him in
with a blanket and a catheter
and he struggled until he got warm and then rested
I wanted him to see me, as the last thing he saw in this world

She took the three syringes out of her white coat
Don't hurt him, just don't hurt him
my only request
There was no pain
Only relaxation, sleep and then at last no heartbeat
Her ability, her smoothness of execution was perfect
and he went limp in my arms
not suffering

The nurse took his body away
"It's the last gift we can give them" she said
and I imagined a man, a stereotypical
image of a man pacing back and forth in a white coat in front
of a lecture hall full of vet students saying that
exact thing and there was a serious air in the classroom and some wrote this down,
it was so true, sound, capable and final
but this woman said it
this veterinarian from Michigan
and through my tears and grief
there was some kind of undercurrent
of relief, that there is no more pain for him
He no longer suffers
and I did all I could do
In Memory of : Shakour Yom, (Yom means beach in Hebrew), Jan., 2000- July 27, 2012
Ronjoy Brahma Dec 2015
Kwmsi jabai noao sofwibai
bati pwjwngnanwi
de de leka poraidw de
karkrao karsi gelenaikow baodw
~
giyani jagwn leka porai
bati pwjwngnanwi
de de gwsw hwdw de
boijwngbw sinai jagwn oblasw
~
dlab dlab tangbai sana
bwiswabw halw dwilw tangbai
bati pwjwngnanwi
de de gwswao ladw
~
daoha pwigwn melemni
jambapwra jengwn
bati pwjwngnanwi
de de siyan jadw
~
megon kana jerwi
mansi jamba erwi
bati pwjwngnanwi
de de butum giyan de
~
mitiywikow mitiyw bijabao
nuywikow nuyw gwrwng jabla
bati pwjwngnanwi
de de hangkw hala sinaidw.
Harmony Sapphire Jan 2015
Essence of Hibiscius

A Sweet smell of serenity.
An aroma that's plenty.
Caramel coffee with blueberry oats bars.
Gourmet toffee & latte at starbucks.
Jamba juice affordable.
But not a rolex.

Ancient Bones

Wizards with magic lizards casting spells.
Moon & stars.
A Private hell with a mini bars.
Waving their magic wands.
Setting free by Unleashing their shackles & bonds.
Fossils trapped in tar pits. Archaelogical digs discoverying something big.
© Harmony Sapphire . All rights reserved

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