Son Anxiety Poems

April 4—Personal grooming…

Ending Daily Shaving in Retirement

When Sam Adams
retired from
 the U.S. Department of State,

he made five vows
which he kept for years.

first, he would quit...

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Where art thou unknown spellcaster?

If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
against riptide of ineradicable anguish.

Living hand to mouth
for...

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I remember feeling so empty the abuse had escalated after four hurricanes witnessing a murder horrific traumatic brain injury I was now uprooted leaving my...

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it is good
and he's got imaginary games of cricket
being played in his head
he tells me the score
and what the pitch is like
in his head

in an...

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Just because an impetus arose...

to repost poem
(I chanced to locate
amidst plethora of poems on hard drive
of Macbook Pro)
written more'n a half decade ago
before yours truly...

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After witnessing a murder meant for me after surviving a car bomb igniting my skull crushed my face bruising my brain i received threatening calls...

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There's a little bug on my shoulder
But it won't go away

There's a little bug on my shoulder
I shrug
But I guess it's here to stay

There's a...

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Back approximately half my life ago
dissociative disorder 
if qualified to self diagnose 
mein kampf psychological state...

I lacked emotions where others concerned.

That refrain replayed itself,
when wife...

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Son, don't stand there with that cold stare and judge me
When I twist the cap and pour a glass and tilt my head gently

Just know...

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Written: February 22, 2024
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Tall mountain...

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Estoy perdido, lo único que recuerdo son columnas caer, las mismas que en un momento nos mantuvieron a flote.
Cada mañana, Cuando miro al espejo, Siento...

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First printouts show Number One's, ahead,
a feigned smile fades to a small office,
two arms outstretched hold a desk instead,
one ponders deeply surprising spread,
one knew the...

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"A dressed day has disrobed into the depth of a drawer's nightstand." 

(Oh, how positively awesome that what can be sorted out in such an...

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We’re worried about your son.
He’s missing too much school.
If his attendance drops below 90%,
It will break all our rules.

I can’t go to school today, Mum.
My...

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Take note...

Ahh that's the line I left and wrote nothing else
I don't recall if that was for me or a rant that I didn't have
Having...

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