Long Rinse off Poems

I woke up that morning in the usual way,
stretching and yawning, ready to start the day...
but for some reason today
feeling a sense of dread…
Because I looked at the clock
and saw it was late, got up...

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Streams of blue fluid 
Flows downward 
As fragile carcasses decay 
Without a peep of a sound

We’re in the brink of disaster… 

Who invited such fear and anguish?
Who could lead us to quiet waters?

We bleed…
Polluting the...

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Charcoal covering my flesh, my bones
In my dream, I am a gorilla, I am a chimpanzee,
I am hanging upside down in the New York
City Zoo, picking off the ticks on others
and being ignored by humans,...

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One hour , you say
One hour
What can I say
300 hundred words
Or more
One hour
One hour
One hour , about my life


I wake up
Opening my eyes
Hearing the sounds of fruits
Hearing the buzz on my clock
Buzzing my body to...

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madrid in springtime


i have never seen madrid in the springtime
i have never seen madrid at all

does the sun rise differently in madrid
than in san francisco
on those rare city days when there is no fog
nor wind...

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How about you give me a gun in a world where nobody sees?
Let’s see if the envy spreads to the eyes of the blind.
Could I kill time?
What if the gun gets jammed and I shoot...

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MOONLIGHT MADNESS

The moon falls out like a secret above the frisky clouds
Daylight and night the stars come in crowds
Like a glistening diamond, I can't stop staring
Mixed-up in that moment that has no time sharing

Holding onto...

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I am here behind a closed door
Looking clean and gleaming
Oh my what is that smell I just got a whiff
smells like curry hope I am dreaming

They won't knock of the excess from the plate
The rice...

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As these clouds keep surrounding, my space
I keep walking
Until, I've fallen to deep
Hoping and praying
I have a reachable hand
A ladder, some way up

I wish drum-fires, thunder-cracks and twisters
Would leave me alone
I wish my roses
Had no...

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potty train
small brain

to loo
till through

turn light
on bright

pee or poo?
one or two?

wee boy
has toy

great fun
small bum 

wee kid
lift lid

on stool 
hold tool

small wee
big pee

shower
power

aim, fire
no! higher!

whoops, missed
mom pissed

kid frown
sit down

boo hoo
no poo

big push
wipe tush

now flush
big gush!

old...

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THE BRUSH

I stand in my shower covered with soap.
I rinse off alone. I feel out of phase.
I see the brush hanging there by its rope.
Unused it has hung for many long days.

Used by Dianne, caressing...

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Renewal


Stiff spring wheat, still frosted with memories of Winter’s icy hand,
Poke a head out, and rustle the all clear!
Red Winged Blackbirds send musical greetings to each other.
Loyal sentinels, back from their journey south, sing tall...

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