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Balancing Act

I stand between my many forms As they all converge upon my head A chapter left undone While the laundry yells my name A chattering wife Ignored for a wailing child Or a screaming parent Rooms waiting to be cleaned … Continue reading

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A Giant Did It

When the wind blows A giant has sneezed   When the thunder roars A giant has clapped   When the ocean rises A giant has splashed   When the rain falls A giant has cried   When the earth shakes … Continue reading

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Beauties and Beasts

Opposites in nature Attracted to their cores The genders Like night and day Differences dueling In an endless dance Where one is nothing Without the other   Hairy beasts With eyes composed of want Ready for action To impress the … Continue reading

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Around and Round the Medicine Bush

(One of my favorite poems is the Dr. Seuss’ Pill Drill from You’re Only Old Once.  I tried to do something similar a year ago after a really rough couple of months.  Before anyone asks, my health was not as … Continue reading

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Along the Desert Path

I walk into the heat With scraps and sweat My protection from the sun I feel the sand Compact beneath my feet Irritating grains Slipping between my toes Yet I continue on Into the harshness Designed to kill all fools … Continue reading

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The Banshee Bashs

Shadows stir Among the blackened trees As the sun is suffocated And buried By her pale-faced brother   A ghoulish howl Cuts wind and nerve A sign That the nightly terrors Have come to call   The first to arrive … Continue reading

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Declaration of the Parent

Today I sit On very little sleep Roused before the rooster By the toddler’s call Unable to appease him Or run him out of steam Before the sun appears And ends my hope of sleep

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Night of 1,000 Stenches

Arriving once a month Scheduled By a demented madman The night begins With the innocent feast Replicas of food From a foreign land Drenched in sauces That range from soup To liquid fire It is a hearty meal That breaks … Continue reading

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Zombie Horrorscope

Ares battles against the swarm. Cursing loud with little charm. Soon his face is being chewed. By a zombie with the name tag ‘dude’. Taurus makes a stand alone. Every chance to run is blown. He will be eaten to … Continue reading

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