Best Straddling Poems

those of you who have settled, who have bent over backward for opportunities,
do you care who dies belittled in the backroads of debility, would you
take their place... no,
never..
their fate is to be lost forever
like ghosts, they are black stains on the face of the Host,...

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Does a fence say 'Keep out'
    or protect those who are in

  On the heart, not the eye
    the answer depends...

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Edging close to brink,
I dare not look back nor blink.
Been here many times
before, but always slipped back,
losing grip in the leg-up.

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21 August 2017...

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Over the fire
  and across the coals

We made it to safety
  our innocence tolled

The memory enough
   to scare and profane

What fate never mentioned
   —as we straddled the flame

    (Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015
Listening To Clapton’s ‘Sunshine Of...

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Over the fire
  and across the coals

We made it to safety
  our innocence tolled

The memory enough
   to scare and profane

What fate never mentioned
   —as we straddled the flame

    (Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2015
Listening To Clapton’s ‘Sunshine Of...

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