Farewell Health Poems

I emerged with a silver pen in hand,
…and a tempest raging within.
Words writhe, a serpent's coil,
…tightening their grip,
A soul adrift in a sea of 
…self-made...

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Oh Man, where am I?
What caused this pain and why?
I desperately cannot live this insane life.
For the pain of memories brings in strife.

I grab my...

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Negativity overpowers,
every feeling that manifests itself,
without one's own doing, it runs rampant.
Others, no doubt, smiling from a once-far flame put out.
Wouldn't have it any other...

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"Love Weaves A Mysterious Magic Spell"                   ...

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A few ways to stay well, 
3 ways to you I shall tell. 

Believe in yourself, 
it helps strengthen your mental health.

Stay fit, 
Don’t just...

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The news
    controls my views
  Vials of pills
    mountains of bills

  Lack of sleep
   ...

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To prepare for final cosmic breath
exhaled

echoing first breath
inhaling
waiting to exhale

silent sacred pause 
for Earth's final soliloquy 

Terminating all humane
and inhumane futures,
healthy
and disturbing relationships,
elegantly excruciating ecstasy

Leaving...

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DIVORCE POEM: ALL DONE NO MORE FUN SON 
So now is crunch time,  
There is no more entertaining any-more Sunday brunch times! 
There’s no...

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FLICK PROPHETIC FINGER 

Knocking hard on a massive ancient gate,
Step out of a gaunt, granite building,
Leave behind its austere contents,

With wood-panelled box-seats,
Pinching sardine-tight orthodoxy's rumps,
Say...

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Sex and Grades

Teachers in my time 
taught math, and science and history. 
We never cared if they were single, 
or married or divorced. 
It never...

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Nós não sabemos
Quando dizemos adeus
Porque amanhã
Só pertence a Deus no céu
Nós não sabemos
Sobre o último olhar
Sobre a última música
Mesmo se formos jovens e fortes
Sobre a...

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She’s not as dramatic as a hurricane or forest fire
Just someone’s old mother
Arranging her daily dignity
In an unrefrigerated apartment

She’s got a cushion chair
An oxygen tank
A...

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New York City workers
Must be vaccinated or
If they show up for work, they will
Be firmly shown the door.

I’m heartened by this mandate
And especially in schools.
It’s...

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Before the rising of the sun, my soul is well
Desiring what is good, the day shall spell
To do his will, my flesh I must compel
My...

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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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