Introspection Cousin Poems

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Said the pea of pupil, "I don't like the eye"
And so like faith, the universe implored, Y?
Does not the eye herald pupil?
Does not the eye...

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My cousin and I are diverse in many ways,
We look nothing alike; she is tall, I am short.
She is young, I am old.
She is cute,...

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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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Metti blic,

over-top soars of the harmonica,

the ancient way takes thee and smoke...

With soliloquies we join the mast-

sanctify the allegory,

sustain some good~ing!...

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Feeling grown up
On the edge

Older cousins
Invite me
Nonchalantly
To follow them
Into their world
That magical world
They call normal

Hold my breath
Surprised, hesitant, poker faced
I head down the stairs

The basement...

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I am God's child, first and forever
I am known by many different titles, a daughter
I am a wife
I am a mother
I am a grandmother
I am...

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One day in Trinidad

Was with my brother
Down in San Fernando
See a girl walking up the street
From the store window

And I ask roger
If he knows her
And...

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THE BOW LEGGED GIRL
I took all of your tank tops and your hose and your sox,
and I put them all together in a little brown...

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she travels miles to visit cousin also expecting child - humble

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My Testy Ride

Loading into the back seat of a 
Grand AM with three of my cousins, 
belted in for a 3 hour joy ride.

Sitting behind...

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A cousin called the other day saying "Another cousin has passed away".

Well my husband said "How old was she.""

"Ninety-eight".

A stalwart woman who had served family...

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we were all born into sin but as time progressed
I became guilty of so many sins of the flesh
I guess the pain I possed needed...

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They found an old friend of mine dead today,
    They said he just completely withered away.
He was said to have been a...

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Quietly filling
 deep cups of the red blossoms.
 The morning sunrise.

 The rock bowl is full.
 Filled by the rain for the birds
 and for...

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