Long Phone book Poems

a lonely place.
It's nothing to do with that person
who asked how are you? this morning.
It's to do with staring through
fear-frosted windows
as snow sugar-sifts the street,
watching through dark windows
as firework flowers burst to bloom in a...

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Come back to me

I cried day and night after she walked away
I cried due to my love for her to come back 
But no way to persuade her
She had made her choice to walk away
I...

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Here I sit reading our local rag. 
    Our little newspaper full of good stuff and hometown brag.
Anyway a story caught my eye. 
    A story by Paul Harvey...

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When I was a Big Brother
for Jason,
an African-American 10 year old male,
we went into his apartment
so he could look around
for a long overdue library book.

As I accompanied him
from room to sparsely furnished room,
looking in nearly...

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Donkeys are never carried
Hens never miscarry 
Cows don’t hutch 
Pointing fingers, the norm
A person killed by his persona

My ego shadows my vision 
My fault lines… eyelided by ignorance
Ego contesting with my vision
Mission straying from vission
Literaly...

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Armadilly Billy needed repair work on the home, as he wanted to move in.
Asking around Troll Lake Town, the answer was Leavit, again and again.
A bit confused, he needed repairs; he couldn’t leave it, like...

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Pink patterned rain boots hit the pavement
not in step physically but mentally, mentally we were always doin' alright

Hand in hand, we're not the most symmetrical looking but that never stopped us
Chit chat about the essentials...

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You stayed gone for so long, 
 you missed it all. You didn't even know number three. 
He would come after you flee. 

We were forced to move ahead, 
 not much time to remember....

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Haiku Licentioso 
('They who quaff this cup shall see god
and The Magdalen')

with the *powder
that goes in the tea
comes the instructions:
''dump into the brew
mix salaciously
drink licentiously
and feel like a libertine''

''caution's for the birds
toss the birds back...

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My illusion is fading as life slips away
Like a snake sheds its skin that gets lost though each day
Still begins with a sunrise, of course! I awake,
Life's past lessons less certain, though I may yet...

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There are trolls within my basement. My hubby says its OK they stay.
Most think they’re really mean and dumb, just like the legends say.
But they don’t know them from within, as I have learned to...

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Doppelganger Part I 

Doppelganger?
Yes, I know of two.
The first one was a stranger.
Someone I never knew.
She often acquainted bars.
My friends often saw “Me” there.
I could swear upon the stars.
It wasn't me; they’d just stare.
This went...

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In another time, I will not be there for you,
Me, a stranger all but twice your age and a man.
The only one in the sea of all humanity that you could see
To help you keep...

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Crime is a real problem in Jamaica 
Hundreds are dead, there's no solution to the problem
Even the police are giving up ...the police commissioner has resigned ...sir trust me, no one man can solve this...

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 The first K-mart 
opens its door.
   Into space we 
start to explore.

   Motown Records is born,
It's from the soul.
   We have new music, 
It's called Rock n...

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Us introverted

I had a snack bar I saw myself as the “Main Host”
talking to people being verbose and popular
something I was not patently cut out to be.
On an opening day, I hoped no one would...

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Nobody has a common name; we are named Apple and Broom.
Because movie stars did it, and they are glamorous and rich.
Apple is okay with it, Broom is dour though, full of gloom.
Why not Curtain or...

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Got a wild hair and found  a younger woman
did I.
Took a trip oh howtime did fly.

I wake up she already ran three miles.
Going eighty down the interstate.
she's doing more than playing 
with the dials....

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FIRE, FIRE
The house is burning round me,
There’s no time to hang about.
Just enough for me to get
A few essentials out.

First, up to the bathroom
To collect my medications.
To a lifelong hypochondriac,
They’re vital preparations.

Next, the photo albums;...

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ACT ONE
Send flowers to someone anonymously
In the phone book just pick out a name
This simple gesture will bring on a smile
They'll never catch on to your game

ACT TWO
Leave a short note praising someone
It could be...

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Show me the way to Heavens staircase
I don't want to live here anymore
Tell me is it hard to find
What do I have to do
Tell me how to find Heavens staircase
Is it in front of my...

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Oh, lovely darling
I would be all yours...
of your devotion to me
were felt honestly;
we would be 
one heart, 
one soul...
who is more powerful:
us or destiny?
We should hold hands
and feel our heartbeat:
trust is not built on lies!

Are...

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Quince wads pack gaps in particleboard.
Yellow newspapers underlay linoleum.
The apartment is a nicotine
an atlas of a blotched sky
can be read on the ceiling.

He has a friend that he visits once a week;
she will stand in...

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100 Years Beyond
David J Walker

And after all
The mirror did not reflect any of the rain
From last Fall

Dryness is the grand prize won at contests of skill
At county fairs 

Young girls always find ways to be...

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What to do with no cell phone or computer for a day....
Sit at home, be bummed how things didn't go your way?
Or go outside and play like it's your last day?

What to do with no...

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