Downsizing
I have to let it go.
It's not a workingman's truck, too pretty
but it is still a sweet ride.
Pain at the pump,
not getting any richer just older.
I got to bite the bullet,
squeeze into a squeezer.
I see a small hatchback in my future.
My wife puts on that face,
you know the one
"gloom and doom." She mouths silently,
and of
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Categories:
downsizing, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Downsizing
It's not easy
keeping yourself together
when there is a part of you
hiding away still darkened
with fear. It's been curled up
there for years.
Then there's that other part
of you who can't keep still,
creating havoc as it charges
around your head
demanding answers, bulldozing
certainties until there is nothing left
except rubble strewn across
the mind.
Other parts play silly games,
or put
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Categories:
downsizing, introspection, self, stress,
Form: Free verse
Downsizing
Strong winds of time accelerate with age,
sweep toward the unsuspecting,
forging alliances with atrophy and arthritis,
debilitating the innocent.
The hurricane of decline begins with gusts,
barely noticed in years of productivity.
But without warning gusts become streams.
Streams turn into torrents.
Torrents, tsunamis,
opening submission's door.
Downsizing's time has arrived.
Stuff is now a dearest friend,
space the greatest enemy
in this geriatric
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Categories:
downsizing, age,
Form: Free verse
Downsizing Dreams
In her dreams she discovered Apollo
Fast asleep in an enchanted hollow
From the beat of her heart
She awoke with a start
For Apollo was too much to swallow!
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Categories:
downsizing, lust, valentines day,
Form: Limerick
Downsizing
downsizing
so much to pack
hummingbirds visit
posted on June 2018
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Categories:
downsizing, bird, change, moving on,
Form: Senryu
Downsizing
You start by throwing things out
packing things that will fit
in a smaller place, selling stuff
that won’t, ignoring the birds
because the seed’s run out
not weeding the garden
you won’t see bloom, then
finding a home for the dog
which is almost as tough as
watching your last child accept
a diploma and wave good-bye
get
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Categories:
downsizing, moving on,
Form: Blank verse
Downsizing
Getting laid off from my top notch job
since the company decided to downsize,
couldn't afford my mansion anymore,
had so much furniture, computers, tvs
and cars that were worth a fortune,
unfortunately all had to be
sold at an auction,
finally got another job
at McDonald's at minimum wage,
instead of being the fat cat,
now I'd become the slave,
my new house was
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Categories:
downsizing, humor, jobs,
Form: Light Verse
Downsizing
Three Shiny haired sisters
Essence of life stored in boxes
Found their voice in the church of a solar flare
Through years of searching and choosing
Dividing and coveting
Eyes were opened to examine the story
Carried on the spine of our grandmothers
The limbs of our father
The wings of our mother
Breathless from a voyage of the clan
We held hands dancing a
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Categories:
downsizing, family,
Form: Prose Poetry
Downsizing
“Mother,” she cried, “You cannot crowd everything in your new space.
Ridding yourself of some of it is something you must face.”
I was opening a small red box as she began to speak.
When I saw the contents that it held my aging legs turned weak.
I’d put them away when he had died for seeing them made
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Categories:
downsizing, lifedaughter, me, old, daughter,
Form: Rhyme