Best Baffled Poems

Silent and puzzled, even when a little boy,
I remember the monsignor after every Sunday sermon
have us pray for peace,
as contending against war;
a peace that rarely came or lasted
prayers that were rarely answered....

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Dubious mind
Perplexed situation
Bewildering environment
All compelling me, to lose my temperament

A Sense of hesitancy in expressing,
What I desire and what’s happening,

I seriously wish to instigate,
Before it becomes too late,

Don’t want to seek anyone’s support
But without it, can’t afford

Oh Divinity!
I need to be blessed,
To abandon the distress

Just...

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Dim hazes of your assorted gestures blissfully smother me
And I slowly grow fainter.
Being besieged by the tumultuous and handsome past  
I stretch for the blinding white.
Your idea is calming and lustful with every saccharine stroke;
I do not need you—I want you.
I crave the challenge...

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The squirrels always ate the seed 
I’d used to fill the feeder.
They’d shimmy up the pole to follow
One brave soul, the leader.

Whenever I glanced out and saw
A squirrel up there munching,
I’d step outside and stomp my feet,
Which stopped unwelcome lunching.

But in a minute, they’d be...

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i find it odd i find i find i found a sign it was a bad sign-
big big & bad.
i wonder as i wonder before in wonderment wondered
do i have time for more? 
more more as everyone in history always wants & knows
they wants more.
we...

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