Cleanup Poems

Life isn’t perfect

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My body is my temple
Sometimes forget to remove my dirty shoes
~ occasional cleanup in aisle 13



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AP: Honorable Mention 2025...

In the Sand

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In the sand
	plastic beach
	balls beached
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      d
into the sand

cleanup
	summer season
	footsteps
			ping
		a		on the sand
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ecologists
	preache...

Beneath The Surface Of A Whim

...Wave a magic wand and poof!
Try to put the genie back in the bottle
Oops, too late…now everyone’s laughing
More like heads shaking in disbelief
Wear the rough edges of your plan down
With the fi...

The Weight of Waste

...A flick of the wrist, a casual release,
We label it 'trash,' find momentary peace.
Yet whispers rise from a world in slow decline,
A burden building, a tangled, choking vine.

Our Mother Earth, ...

hypothermia of mussels, or untitled

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Footprints walking our snowy, sandy place
The silence, oh, how she makes it nimbus —
The waves unchanged after falling snow crown,
Someone else in you and I; remember — ?

   I look for the he...

Dry night in vain

...I'm in a dream,
Peeing into a stream,
A snake peeped out,
Some on its snout.
A frog close nearby,
Came out to pry,
It got some too,
From me it withdrew.
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I aim to live in the here ahem hair and now

...I aim to live in the here (ahem hair) and now...

despite entrenched familiar
obsessive compulsive disorder behavior
distracting me courtesy
countless what if scenarios,
particularly before und...

Third Row

...Has anyone seen a heart,
looking for its owner?
lost mine short while ago
jilted in the third row

before the finale
notch seven, her tally

Has anyone found a heart?
Surely no one wants two...

Embarrassment Cleanup

...Embarrassing, so embarrassing, what will I do? 
The things I've done my whole life through!
I'll reverse the hairdryer and vacuum them up.
I'll mix them with the dog food and feed it to the pup.  ...

Tornado

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A lovely day, the eighth of May, with sunshine and light breeze
You could not tell, that all’s not well and we felt safe at ease
A little blip, a video clip, showed damage way out we...

A Shadow Of Hardball

...Ebon bafflement descended 
from the Sun-bleached sky;
A penumbra of illuminated lies,
this world needs to be reprimanded;

A joyous ballet of obliteration;
Fooled by the doe eyed sweetheart,
t...

Prespring Cleanup

...last years leaves
against the fence
warm winter day...

SITH

...Some say that I have fallen
But I didn't have that far to fall
All I see is blood and brain matter on my wall
I check to see if it's mine
But my head remains intact
On my hands I see the blood
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Hap Hazards

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I've never been good with things.
Electric toothbrushes need a lot of thought,
Some honey jars 
need more passion to open then I have.
Putting things together
is not my thing.
I break easy wh...

Chapter 100 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Big Barbecue Celebration of Life Mass Invitations Continues

...While family Mingled with one 
Another and strangers the party flowed 
Smoothly. Music was enjoyed.
Everybody indulged. With a little 
Champagne some wine and juice.
The bar also served smoothie...

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