Best Deer In Headlights Poems

I am one
nation under God

I am many
ethnicities together in a melting pot
blending to encompass positive traits
     Finding strength in diversity
     
I am all
about freedom 
to escape tyranny
     immigrants sought my New World promises
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i do not want to have to ask you to hold my hand 
i do not want to have to voice my insecurities 
like glass shards rolling off a tongue 
or a blade lodged in my throat;
it isn’t easy, to say the least 

i don’t...

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We've all got a brain, you know
Though it cannot quite be seen
It stays imprisoned within our skulls
To be heard, it's very keen
It often finds it's way outdoors
Through our toothed facial channel.
It plans a detour, when our lenses spot
An approaching academic tunnel

But, what does a brain...

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Sponsor: Casarah Nance

I'll admit being green is not the easiest thing, 
    a frog looks very silly in a broken arm sling.

Yesterday Fozzie got a job singing at Shamrock Bar,
    I told him I would...

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I'm nervous and careless, I'm sad and mad.
It'll be what it will be.
Because it is what it is.
Nervous and careless, sad and mad.

My belly tight, it hurts real bad.
My heart beats fast, i feel it in my hand.
The loss in my eyes, like a deer...

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Every morning, I steal longing glances at the most spellbinding creature I have ever cast my two eyes upon, 
Her skin is pale and lifeless, wearing a peculiar looking amulet draped across her neck, 
I cannot help myself to stare, as she engulfs her lunch...

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Today I lay,
a white rose,
upon your grave,
and tears,
seep onto,
the ground,
that now engulfs,
what was once,
my first love.

I kiss your tombstone,
remembering you,
at first sight,
as my heart,
skipped a beat,
as my eyes,
glance into,
the mystery,
of the pair,
of eyes,
that met mine,
that continues.
to travel,
through the labyrinth,
of my soul.

Splashes of red,
color my face,
as...

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What’d
I miss?
Clue me in!
Deer in headlights…
Asleep at the wheel.
By all means…after you.
Plain as the nose on your face.
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust -
November the third  w a s  cliché day!

11/7/2022
A November Nonet
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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The Belt


Nineteen eighty-four
That infinite time in history
Graduation day
A turning point for me

Wings grown
And almost ready to fly
I set out into the world
With my hopes aimed high

Head swollen
 I was like a deer in headlights           ...

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the bank manager came out from the back of the office
when s/he heard a loud noise & screaming coming from 
the front of the bank &
s/he found her/himself walking straight into a robbery that was already in
progress---
looking down at her/his feet, while stopped in her/his...

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swore you knew someone
but they changed like jekyl to hyde
like oil & water deciding it was better to work together toward
something less concerned with others---
more to the point,
you swore you knew someone who you no longer know &
you’re certain of this because you see less...

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Olive trees all around us
the warming sun illuminates
a mysterious walk
two strolling strangers.
One brief introduction
yet no words follow
as your warm smooth hand
grazes over mine.
Chills become clenched teeth
your head turns suddenly
I freeze like a deer in headlights
a small grin widens on your face.
The sun finally goes behind...

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