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August 13th, 2025 twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

...August 13th, 2025 – twenty six plus years since awful series of unfortunate events

The following poem posted about a half hour before the bewitching hour that spelled calamity (which though a frea...

ALREADY GONE

...

We did not notice at first—
the small rebellions of memory:
a forgotten kettle on the stove,
the absurd claim that Tuesday had vanished,
names reshuffled as if in a deck too often played.

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Frolicking Foolishness

...It is good to be a fool once in a while,
What an extraordinary feeling to be a fool!
To know nothing,
To know everything,
Yet not convincing your heart—The most brilliant buffoon,
Letting your h...

Contemplations For Joanna

...Contemplations For Joanna

Propulsion forward through the entropy toward the finish line 
Expulsion toward nothingness from a population in decline 
Repulsion formed at courts of corruption by th...

Lubricant- MJF

...I feel it smoothly, gliding freely,
Liquid fluidity surging.
Not a fraction of too much friction,
An undulating path followed effortlessly.
Movement and balance allowing continuous flow.
A sense...

A Game Of Telephone

...Let's play a game of telephone...

crepitant tongues converse

overly dramatic tendencies 

incoherently  concrete

awakening preoccupation 

a train flying off the tracks

chaotic clumps...

Atlas Thomas Buchanan

...Admirable 
Tough
Lots of energy 
Abrasive
Sunset

Trusting
Hardworking 
Original 
Mature-ish
Accommodating 
Sociable

Balanced
Ultimate edition 
Candid
Healthy
Abundant
Non-nonchala...

It was a Fright

...Let’s get rid of that old antique thing, my daughter said.
Was she talking about the clock? Was she loose in her head?
I pretended I had not heard her weird kind of blasphemy.
That clock was given...

My Pain

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My Pain is invisible to one's naked eyes
With no emotional sensitivity. My Pain

Physical collateral damages awakened me
Consistently from a sound sleep. My Pain

Emotionally pain is overwhel...

I can't read minds

...I don't read between the lines and I can't read minds
I was unsuccessful on my last three tries
you asked for my opinion but what you're seeking is agreement
so I toss what I was thinking in the t...

Bloodletting

...Real poets don’t make lasting friends
they shun fraternity
Their truth like gritty sandpaper
abrasive when intoned   
The reader may be gratified 
with what the words uncover
More likely though...

Funny resolutions of the new year

...Christmas does not come alone,                                                                            It comes with the new year too,                                          
A new year invites...

Leprechaun Larrys Secret Weapon Boast

...I have a secret weapon Leprechaun Larry said.
We thought he was odd, a bit tiny in his head.
It will get me the magic secret to the pot of gold.
His claims were abrasive, rude, impolite and cold.
...

Paenitentia

...We can mortify our flesh,
wear our sign of confession,
perform our penance,
bear portions of scratchy sackcloth
so rough, so abrasive, against our bare backs.

Our sideboard now bears such a tr...

Legacy

...LEGACY

If all that is left of someone are the words they said
Or wrote, perhaps – whether as a poem or a diary
Then they must be remembered for such expression
Even if it should read almost as ...

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