Fear Cousin Poems

prancing dancing pudd’n and pie
boys run off, I’ll tell you why
fear of failure to even try
there goes one now, my cousin Cy

He is terrified of...

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Growing UP

Grandpa was a good man. 
I loved him my whole life. 
However, there is a question 
in my mind... ??? 

When I was very...

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I am terrified I will die, Wesley said. It is raining.
Rain does not usually kill people, I replied.
But lightning can, and thunder is scary.
Lightning has...

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I came sneaking around to see what I could see,                  I saw you long before you saw...

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supple body in a white nightshirt
          that slips from a round pink shoulder
   ...

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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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Look around and watch people stroll by,
our physical differences are quite evident:
tall, short, fat, skinny, happy, unhappy,
miserable, friendly, insensite and naughty...
isn't the image of the...

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Whose reality? She asked. Wondering if there had been a consensus.
Feeling left out by the cousins. 
No one could answer this.
Ah, she thought. 
Instantly figuring...

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From my smartphone
fear rings
through 
knock, rattle, hospital hospice sounds
We connect. 
Tonight all I can think about is your voice, Jean.
The last call.
Vibrations continue 
fading
ivory white...

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I ask you why, and you reply with silence
Untreaded waters with no horizon
The ground trembles below my feet 
Tossed and turned, once more I ask...

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If it were not for a song
Midnight train to Georgia
Little child runnin' wild
Fellows mellow hanging 
Holler holler!

Ketchup sandwiches
Home alone  
Aah Dem days 
Mommy's home!
Pity...

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For 50 years you have been our shining star 
Our advisor, second mother, leader and lastly,
Our monarch of prestige and royalty… Our diva…
And this is...

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What the Stars Told Abraham (How to see like God)

Beloved, we wish you are right in what you write -
We are sworn to the truth...

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People think they see Bigfoot roaming
around in the vast wilderness of the forest,
when it's really my 66 year old left over
from Woodstock very hairy hippie...

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In my little town, everybody knows his name
When he comes knocking, all the children hide
I fear even uttering his name.... 
He is my cousin, my...

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