Long Twin(a) Poems

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A Greek philosopher hopefully said beware 
Beware the couple being the of the same embryo 
Who jealously promotes themselves 
One outwardly and openly one inwardly and secretly.

Beware of Glorification and intimate greed at any cost
Beware...

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The Adjective Twin: A Poem of Pain 

I am "presumptuous" -- and with my brother, "arrogant" 
we are the adjective twin of "gentle" blame
of "gentle" wounding, of "gentle" continued "colonization"
constantly in an "unconscious" search for...

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I met my shadow, it was right behind me.
It stalked me, in sharp-edged silhouette
It bore my shape, but evoked a darker hue,
Mirroring truths I’d buried and denied.

In rooms beneath our conscious rooms,
The shadows linger, nap...

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Why this never ending hate
Where impressionable young men swallow jaundiced bait,
To kill and maim - all in the name of their one prophet,
Unleashing burning mayhem with rocket after rocket.

Has discourse and humanity disintegrated to this...

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I walk across the rugged and yet smooth jaw line, that becomes a trail in the 
desert,

Smooth, yet under my feet your hair gently touches me, and I giggle at the mere 
touch,

Dare I to...

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DIFFERENT AND THE SAME

There was a petit young twin,
Who believed she could not win.
People would like to compare;
Most viewed her as part of a pair.
She had a couple of freckles on her face;
The sister had...

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I hate the fact I was so tied up in marriage and neglected youin the past
I love the fact that you are a one and only sister 
I hate the fact that you had no...

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~*~


Perched on the porch steps, as the crimson sun goes down
I am sipping on my cold iced tea, and drinking up the joy
I am smiling as I’m watching him, as the weary day retreats…
While the...

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Identical twins. Never having a name.
Referred to as the Tone Twins. Hey, Twins! Twinsie.
Assumed to be one person for the first eighteen years.
Until one could get away, leaving fast, chased by the other.

Twin A is...

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Born of the same blood, yet worlds apart, 
Lines drawn in whispers, etched in the heart. 
Twin shadows dancing, a discordant rhyme, 
Two brothers bound by duty, not love, not time.

Family, a facade, a hollowed-out...

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I am not a she-monster
Though trolls have called me worse.
I do not breathe fire
though have been told I'll burn in hell
by media, both social and in print.
They thought they knew me
#lyingcheat #notyourkids
#benefitcheater.
Or just plain #liar
through...

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There is but one star,

of which
all creation is an
evolving flicker

A radiance
without and within – 

a gleam of our present
humanity~ while a beam
from where we have all
been,

an ember seeking
its greater body
and place to light

we are the...

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