Best Packaged Poems

It starts with only one -
one like me
a melancholy migrant
from the immortal part of her
to the locus of her physical being --
the center of her...

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A grove of magnolias perfumes the air
as they sit absorbed in one another's gaze,
she with her crochet and he with his collectibles
uneasy in their pleasure...

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I am the nuclear ,the unwanted power,
i pay you according to you  care:
for how long have I served you?
Provided you the energy to carry...

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He made me ponder my greatest fear
not ghosts nor goblins grinning ear to ear
The one that I really fear most 
is the one peering back...

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You can act like the world owe you everything 
Or you can go out there 
Take a deep breath 
And create your own magic

Even sharing...

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The cold feet of winter step slowly
past December’s green leaves and red berries
hung from window sills and door jams.
Brightly wrapped in silver shooting stars
tied tight...

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The cheese board met with Mr. Insane.
As a block they want cheese to remain.
So Mr. President’s heading,
to ban packaged shredding,
to make America grate once again....

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To Catch A Butterfly

I stand beside 
a wilderness
    to gaze upon 
    unfamiliar shores
where life once 
appeared so intimate
...

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I'm an African, with an American attached to my name,
a lot of cultured people like wearing nationalistic, hyphenated accessory
My people arrived on a no-class ship...

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Arrays of packaged presents, large and small,
the sound of bells and lovely Christmas songs,
fresh cold, crisp air, and joy of Santa's call-
this time of year,...

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A grove of magnolias perfumed the air
as they sat absorbed in one another's gaze,
she with her crochet and he with his collectibles
uneasy in their pleasure...

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Today's children text on cell phones,
instruments of incalculable knowledge.
And yet, they have never seen a starry sky,
flickering fireflies, pheasants in flight,
or a cocky rooster strut...

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As we lay face to face and your warm lips
are so close..
I can only stare and absorb your tenderness from
my eyes through my toes..
Your light...

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You and me,
we got a lot of storefront love
Yes, we got pockets full of
coupon passion
Discount tears are so ooh  ooh
out of fashion
‘Cause we got...

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You stir your latte slowly
an old habit of yours
a delicate studied frown.

I wonder when your mannerisms
became perfectly packaged
fashion statements?
When did you turn a camera
inwards into...

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