Song Cousin Poems

This war between the flesh and spirit,
when it begins you can really feel it.
 For your flesh wants to do the things that are wrong,
and...

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in the early light of day
i rise from shadows of dreams

two days ago a cousin i hadn’t seen
called to say my aunt had died

at the...

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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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The heroine 

 The neighbour on the other side of the narrow lane
was a heroin addict but had been “clean” for several months
and he had...

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I accidentally let one loose
while standing by a fire;
marshmallows burst in my wind;
the flames grew ever higher;
Jan fell bank into the cooler,
as ice poured down...

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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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Emma, where are you, where did you go 

You were sitting here by my side 

Then suddenly, you were gone

We never had a chance 

To...

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When we learned our elderly, kind granddad had died,
All paternal cousins traveled, gathered and cried.
Later, the ‘reception drive’ offered varied rides;
In Rachel’s auto, they shared...

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Religious gatherings happen on Thursday as well in Bean’s Cathedral.  The Scribes would read from The Doctrine of Crop and Harvest and the Bean...

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They sit inside a thin glass dome below the face of time.
Four orbs upon a pedestal; all move in perfect rhyme.
Some years ago their movement...

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   "Wedding of a Wench"


a joyous celebration promised arrived on lacy invitation
bring only your smile as a gift to offer congratulations
but my cousin,...

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Cool Trinidad girls 

They running on the beach 
And they playing around 
Dancing to the music 
And singing a song

Does matter what age you are...

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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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~PLEASE~
 
Please pick me up!
Never mind I'm gonna fall, anyways
 
Please show me how to tie my shoes and sing a song! 
Don't worry mommy,...

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