Best Chlorinated Poems

stripped bare
i stood quivering
breathing the air
sweaty and staggering

rectangular sanctum
in front of me
offer the purity that autumn
lacked so desperately

wading through
this mass anew
i question my own motives
for...

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I was a happy little water droplet
Playing in a cloud
Until lightning struck 
And thunder clapped loud
Stopping all my mirth
Dropping me to earth

Joining many others
Of my...

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How quickly things can change ...

I withdrew my hand slowly from the water
(the aqua-blue tiled bottom of the chlorinated pool
stark contrast to the black and...

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If someone handed you a box with everything in it that you had ever lost
what is the first thing you would look for? 


Holiest of...

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It's not the cup but the coffee within.
Arabica beans, fair trade
organic and shade grown
often from a woman's cooperative in Peru
then roasted in small batches
by a...

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As the man on the roof, took two steps towards the edge, he was unexpectedly stopped by the sound of a bright and familiar voice,...

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Parallel Universe
	
Two pools lie in Druid Hill Park.
One for the white skinned, the other for the dark.	
A high bed of grass grows were ebony feet...

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There are few things so inspirational
As my morning caffeine and constitutional

Pushing chlorinated water or pavement behind
Puts a golden charge straight into my mind

That talk to...

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"Small Mutinies"



So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps 
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky 
cashmere blankets 
of insecure insincerity
simple scribbles 
bleating from...

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Ignore my friend, ignore
work, work, work, hard,
40 hours to the corp,
20 hours to the family
and 40 to the drugs
you house is so nice
your car is...

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Far away by the oceanside  I sit and watch the seagulls fly
inside a pale orange sun that has yet to warm a reposing sand
Over...

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I
The beggar outside the supermarket
You swore was picked up later
In a flashy car
Sat there in the sun for 8 hours
While you pissed & moaned
All the...

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euphoric in chlorinated water
a splash
grandma has arrived
small ducks
chatter 
             and cling
battle for hugs

7/29/2018...

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Your chlorinated water comes through colluded rusted pipes ;
your city taxes you to clean it up;
 your house is torn down so they can build...

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They say drowning is a peaceful death once you commit to it. Anticipating your next breath, knowing that you will be breathing in water is...

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