Dog Chicago Poems

The Cubs are still winning
    In fact, they're red-hot
  Out of 17 games, they've won quite a lot

  Out in...

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Golly , I was just thirteen and coming back from school.
In winter, in Chicago, to not walk fast on ice, was
near a golden rule!


The wind...

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I thought I should pen-about hot dogs.

That steaming fragrance...ahhhh..

Add some relish and onions.

Or ketchup,  maybe mustard ?

All  beef hot dogs send me.

Chicago had...

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Of my Mother and Fathers voices:
"Get up for school!"
Even then, I wish I had choices!


White blouse, blue jumper
with HFA, emblazoned in gold.
Brown braids tied with...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Oh, that tender excitement of being a
very young girl!

Wrapped in a red velvet housecoat with white, soft,...

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Hot dogs, from a stand!
Ah, just the best in Chicagoland.
Their taste so exquisite!
I want to go back for a visit.
I don't know the hot dog...

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They said the screenplay was complete 
Filled with scenery and dialogue that was artistically sweet
An entourage was cast 
Star’s children from the past 
Having the...

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The powerful, upward thrust of the skyscrapers
The sinewy curves of the lake and the river
The throbbing pulse of the trains and the traffic
The musky scent...

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Only the blind man
with his leader dog
and tapping cane stops

when the homeless man
standing near the curb
asks commuters if 

they have spare change.
The blind man lives...

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The Muse 
I remember it well when in the summer evenings
I went to see her we drank wine and made love
Embraced we slept to morning...

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A Chicago Cubs-Fan Prayer Answered! 

In nomine patri et fili spiritu of Ron Santo!
Let us all give thanks for Ernie Banks! 

Let us play........, two!...

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