Best Squabbles Poems

walk by the burial ground
ubiquitous queues of lichen
awninged tombstones string out

engraving summarizes
bold subheading
who was adored by whom

I slide the dainty floret stipends
turn into gleams
scattered embers
riding the withdrawn wind

Written: September 27, 2022...

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“My Cousin Joan’s going to let Danny stay with her in Toronto, Honey.”

“Toronto?  What the holy hell are you talkin’ about, June?  Danny’s just finished college.  He’s not going anywhere.  What--he’s a draft dodger now?"

“It’s all arranged, Sam.  Our son’s...

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A whirlwind of a pugilist,
With punches that could crush a cyst,
In the admirers eyes summoning Mist,
The Destroyed by him a long list,
Many of them by their families missed…
He got them down but still them kissed,
Of a Life-and-Death business making a tryst,
You’d tag it a party...

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