Estate Sale
...Advertised as an Estate Sale
Which I took to mean
Not just yard sale discards.
Here are some
Of the things you could obtain:
Aluminum baking pans
Plastic punch bowl
Four segments of track...
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Categories:
melamine, death, fate, heartbreak, life,
Form: Free verse
To the Darkie
...True beauty defined by that which is isolated
The loathe for that which is natural.
An internal abhor, despising her vivacious soulfulness.
It is the pigment she is hated for
It is the excessi...
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Categories:
melamine, color, racism,
Form: Carpe Diem
Who I Am
...Some ask themselves who I am
The answer of who I am is that
Am not defined by glamorous and glitz
For those who vanish, for I am
My own true reflection to the world
And I shall remain to be m...
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Categories:
melamine, me,
Form: Name
Eating With Bigfoot
...I tapped into my messages; the gas
company wanted a piece of me, and
my ex wanted to know when the
month’s alimony would be arriving.
But it was the last message which
caught my attention...
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Categories:
melamine, humor,
Form: Free verse
Melamine and the Future
...How come many mothers forgot that breastmilk is STILL,
And ALWAYS will be BEST, for babies suckling lips???
What’s next then?
The twinkling of a star turning into cliché,
Repeated only in nur...
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Categories:
melamine, dedication, family, introspection, life,
Form: Free verse
Master Craftsman, Tom
...Back a couple of years ago,
My friend Rosie bought
her daughter, a
"Ready To Assemble"
six drawer white melamine chest
Now, of course, I was chosen
For it's assembly,
Even with fingers part...
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Categories:
melamine, adventure, funny, work,
Form: Burlesque
Rooting Chelynne
...With an eight dollar orchid, a melamine bed
the room glowing modern and Japanese red
she sleeps.
Valleys of sunsets in lieu at her feet
and a window of rice paper mute
She is the reason for stru...
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Categories:
melamine, happiness, people, places,
Form: Free verse