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Millicent

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Nature was selfishly deficient
in denying beauty to Millicent.
Men rarely offered her a glance,
unless by accident or chance.
And though she lost out as a wife
she made up for it with a la...

Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine

...Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine...

until courtesy amazing grace interceded
in the doggone guise 
of Canis lupus familiaris
unwittingly timely deliverance
v...

It ain’t heavy it’s my boulder

...One must imagine Sisyphus’s 
boulder, marble-sized these days
And Ozymandias’ plaque,
spinning despair into praise
Look on, ye hypocrites, 
and sneer at my undoing
Your universe is a giant sand...

Texting and sexting as therapy

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though many men,
(especially former Norwegian
bachelor farmers from Lake Woebegone, -
but one presently wedded
to another female for not quite
thirty orbitz around Mister sun) seek a booty cal...

Still Paying

...I seized the moment,
sure I’d repay it in kind.
What’s a hint of regret
for what I thought I needed to burn?

Now the burden grows,
sleepless nights interest is accruing.
The cost never dimini...

Forgiven Sin’s

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Forgiven Sin’s
Written: by Miracle Man
7/27/2024

God’s justice required a payment,
for all of my wrong doing. 
I was unable to satisfy my debt,
for the sin that I was accruing.

B...

Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod

...Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod

Any idea regarding who unnamed individual earned such lofty title? I offer a clue, that averred person unknown to many other...

Ability And Desire

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Ability And Desire 
Miracle Man
3/15/2024

When in his youth he was filled with desires,
now sometimes his age causes him to digress.
 To do youthful things he no longer aspires,
but...

The Stately Iris Flower

...The Stately Iris Flower

Bearded irises are tall and stately in form
They grow from rhizome sculptured leaves through a storm
Standing stiffly upright or curving at the tips
A swollen stem where...

Norwegian Bachelor Farmer Days I Never Lived

...Norwegian bachelor farmer days I never lived

Woebegone and egg foo young on you
meaning me of course
sidestepping a crucial positive
electric kool aid battery acid test
prior to pledging troth...

Brownian Motion Writ Large

...Brownian motion writ large...
within small medium 
as light brainstorm doth 
hail forth the following poem.

Across the realm of gray matter
slowly percolating within tissue
composed of neuron...

Those Early Attempts At a Mexican Food

...those early attempts at a Mexican food
no store bought cardboard taco shells
she had to prepare her own
the appearance of the tortilla press
the arrival of the tortilla holder
became a beginning...

October Seventeenth Ninety Sixty One

...October seventeenth ninety sixty one ...

Born sixty one years ago,
the follow poem from your bro
transmitted courtesy flagship
named Jacques-Yves Cousteau
constituting countless ones and zeroe...

Fraught With Ibs Irritable Bowel Syndrome

...Fraught With IBS Irritable Bowel Syndrome...

today – late morning of November 4th 2022
sudden onset experienced whereby
whooshing waste naturally flushed out
ala mine body electric performed co...

Our Spring Was a Whirlwind of Newness

...our Spring was a whirlwind of newness
learning our emotions
exploring the worlds we were
that had left their long-held orbits
as we began a dance among the stars
in each other's arms spinning th...

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