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Puff From a Limestone Rock

...Occasionally, I find myself back in the old neighborhood.
It looks slanted and aseptic-like an abortion clinic.
All of the old trees have been gleaned from the streets
there are the no hedges sepa...

The Sauce is the Boss

...Big news! Sponge Bob married Miss Piggy!

Got pregnant and named the kid Twiggy.

Piggy's sauce was the boss,

Twiggy sucked up the sauce,

But, it made Twiggy a bit jiggy!


Her thirst fo...

Hot Air Balloon Rides

...Excitement built up,
riding the hot air balloon
with my two daughters.
Turned to fear for falling fast,
bounced on the ground, and then dragged.

The frightening ride
happened in New Mexico
s...

Broken but bold enough to bounce back

...
There was a time I didn’t know my worth.
I didn’t know my purpose.,
I’d felt that way since birth.

I would talk to other girls at school,
but when they formed their cliques,
they did not fin...

Oh The Flowers !

...
Sponsor	Tom Woody
Contest Name	Alice Through The Wormhole 

Flowers outside the schoolroom grew bigger and brighter of their own volition. " Alice, Alice !" the teacher called.  All she saw was ...

Securing the Gate at Dusk

...For a long time, the old barn had quite a lean
It was still shocking when it finally fell.
When you came around the bend
it was comforting to see it
blushing in the sunlight.
It was a great loss...

Life

...


“Life”

Sat here in this god-damned courtroom,

unable to move 
backed into the corner by kangaroos
no escape from the ill-informed
baptised in their five minutes of ...

The Weather Forecast

...

He breezed in after a whirlwind tour of the local pubs.
Feeling muggy, he drifted up the stairs like a silent mist, 
but was greeted with an isobar across the back of the head.

An icy stare ...

Stones for Skipping, Stepping, Sliding

...
I stood on edge of stream
crystal clear and cobbled,
with stones jagged and rough,
smooth flat and rounded.
How could this rumbled jumble
or rocks and gravel have got there?
Which stone was t...

The voice I once forgot was mine

...I was married,
but to me, it wasn’t marriage.
It was poverty-induced—
a fate sealed by hunger and silence.

I was an orphan,
taken in by my mother’s brother—
the uncle who accepted
that I cou...

Jazz Out

...(Sam Trio stands at the mic, snaps fingers lightly, takes a drag on a Marlboro, and smiles to the crowd) Dig this, we’re going back in time, way back to the smokey jazz clubs and cool sounds and jazz...

Playtime

...It is not but a tiny ball of yarn I say as I roll it around in my hand then throw it away.  The littlest furball sees it and squalls a hiss which made her mother even twitch. She pounced and rolled a...

Love is like a Bounced Check

...Brown face is a strainer for tears
Like lace they fall poetic to all
A ribbon of red bloody fears
You still call but I no longer talk

What occurred is reality set in 
I’m no longer your prison...

Her Smile

...Her smile, the softly ringing bells of her laughter, the newly discovered talismans against encroaching death.

The delicate light, faint but growing, that first lit and warmed her own glowing frec...

Bouncy Jouncy Lemon Cake

...Bouncy jouncy lemon cake
Made by grandma who loved to bake
Rolled into balls, it bounced fine
We did not like lemon, orange or lime...

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