Best Fixes Poems

As a young boy
    I watch with interest the small man
   Wolf Hunter - a wise father of the hunt


He...

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Thank God I have a Brother!
He fixes up the truck,
I sometimes give him money,
Whenever he gets stuck.

(Not just for up and fixin’
The truck – not...

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If I could split myself in two
One half of me I'd give to you,
The other half I'd send away
To be with her like yesterday.
Though it...

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An all-but-empty Interstate stretches
straight, streaking horizon to horizon:
it is a ribbon with no bow, wrapping
northern Nevada. The eye fixes
on absent fences, looks for limits,
scans scenery...

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In Chibok,
An IED finds it way 
Into the mind of a savage sect
And made good use of the emptiness.

In helplessness,
Some school girls are bundled up
From...

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12/12/19
"Struggling"

I've been struggling
Doing things that are puzzling
It's rather troubling
How much liquor I've been guzzling

Shiiiit
I admit

I'm not proud at all
I got a problem with alcohol
It'll be...

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I used to fear the storm, now I feel comfortable by the dark clouds
I feel alone even when in large crowds
Things that I used to...

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Global warming is causing climate change
and ice sheets at both poles are melting fast,
as oceans and deserts increase their range.

Whales and porpoise beaching is sad...

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Thanks be to God—come one, come all!

When one's greatest belief is in one’s self, limits emerge on human relief,
No joy.  No sorrow.  No...

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The best part of crazy is the coffee
Every psych ward and therapy office
Comes equipped with the best.
When things fall apart there are little fixes:
Black coffee.
Cigarettes.
Psych...

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Cuckoo Dancers

Discarded dusty beer bottle lying dormant on the tracks
Commuters await their carriage
Adorned in business like macks
Trees sway in gentle breeze
Capable of more tension,
Performing their...

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My child, a baptism took place when you jumped into the river for my sake—Ringo

Just like her favorite character Alice, she dresses
A young girl named...

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LAUGH IT OFF

BERNITA THE BOLIVIAN COUGER

BERNITA SHUFFLES OVER TO THE MAKEUP COUNTER, WITH GLASSES SLIDING OFF HER NOSE AND EYES PINNED TO THE SALES GIRL...

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When mirrors crack they shatter all illusions as rainbow’s end quick fixes lie in tatters on the floor.
A plot for every dream and every dreamer...

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Benefit for all is converted for the use of a few
their pockets are included in national budgets
and their wants, top the country's priority list.
Even the...

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