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KLONOPIN ON MY MIND

...IT SETTLES AS I FINALLY BEGAN TO FOCUS AFTER HOURS OF RANTING PANTING SEARCHING THROUGH PAGES THE DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF BEING STALKED BULLIED PANIC ATTACKS INVADE MY CHEST WALL CAVITIES BRUISING MY ...

Body Soap

...Body Soap 


I’m training the liquid body soap I use to 
make the least effort keeping me 
clean to 
distinguish who 
isn’t and who is 
clingy,
in manner a 
cloth or 
a doily should be wor...

Abandoned by Muse

...My muse has left me 
I don’t blame her at all
I bleed peach poetry
And I rarely barely talk

My mood is melancholy 
For I’ve lost inspiration 
Mellow moon is calling
My muse in anticipation 
...

Maybe Faerie Godmothers House

...No one knew where Faerie Godmother lived, but we had our suspicions.
About a lady down the road whose taffeta skirts were always squish’n.
Pearls and whistles are on her clothes and she saunters wh...

Perusing the Tea

...Perusing the tea, what it brings, vitality, refreshing, or tranquility.

tea’s altruistic -
the elixir gives itself
to succor ailments

I warm leaves up when my hands and feet are icy cold. The...

Three Legged Table

...Three-Legged Table

As I drove through an old neighborhood, I spotted a garage sale sign. 
I pulled off to the side of the street. With impatience, I couldn't get out
of the car quick enough. Rig...

Waiting Is My Mainstay

...waiting is my mainstay
I am a wife and mother
I do not mind
I relish waiting

I can crochet a pink hat
tat a lacy doily
draw a dragon cartoon
write a poem

design a business card
I am a Ge...

Rose Meadow

...

      Aves above, meadow below, secret catacomb
      Scattered labyrinth accommodates as garland 
      Armour of thorns reborn as cordial yellow crown
      Mother comfort apricot offers ple...

Floral Pink Snail From the Sixties

...Pink sixties floral design on the back of this snail so gay,
I look and ponder, wondering who owned it once upon a….
Was it an older woman, with snow white hair and wrinkles
Or a young girl wearin...

Junk

...The old lady down the street has passed
and left no one they could call around;
except her old cat she called Miss Sass
It will take looking before she's found.

Her friend decided on a yard sal...

Her Haven

...Lemon scent of tea rose around the room, giving her a lift.
Incredibly dainty laced biscuits with almond filling made her salivate.
She was finally relaxing after working the midnight to six am. sh...

Auntie's House

...Every Sunday afternoon I was invited to Auntie's house for tea
outside where the sun shone like a thousand crystal watts 
a lovely table set for two, plus two wicker chairs of white
every Sunday, ...

Valentines Day Memories In My Heart

...Valentine's Day in the Fifties
valentines with glitter
candy hearts with words
be mine
I like you
you are sweet
I care
love

decorating the boxes was fantastic fun
we used tin foil, crisp w...

I Thought We Were Happy

...I thought we were happy he said.
Because he was happy.
He had given up nothing.
He had his hunting, fishing, and trapping.

His wife had her cooking, cleaning, and housework.
Surely that was mo...

Too Dainty For Me

...dainty lace doily
earl gray in china cup
too prissy for me...

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