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Winter Morning
When you fight the darkness All winter long It is exhausting Draining Absolutely desiccating. But a winter morning, Sitting in the dark With my electric fire Cup of tea A warm muffin And a lit tree Enjoyed from beneath a faux fir blanket With calcium eye patches clinging to my cheekbones Might be my favorite…
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Live Music
Music When the electric guitars And drum beats Fill my ears And my soul For a minute or two I’m not my to do list I’m feet and bouncing And a breastbone that vibrates In tune with the beat And my eardrums thrum too And I can’t hear what they are telling me And I…
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Outer Shell
At the table, she sits. Unsmiling. A vision of fashion. A matching set. Cute shoes. Hair done. 4th grade royalty. But on her wrist sits A mismatched beaded bracelet. Made by her little brother And it makes her smile If you ask her About it.
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Losing my religion
I’ve been thinking a lot about the extremist direction some people in this country want us to return to and it makes me reflect on the issues I have with religion. Once upon a time I was a born again Christian. Honestly it’s receded far enough into the background now that I don’t think many…
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