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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
I hear a vocal command, "Get out from under that bed!" They'd put a lock on the closet; I had few places left to go. Remembering childhood fears and the maple tree where I’m out of their mind behind the garage. ...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, 11th grade, abuse, fear,
Form: Verse
Why and why
Why did I still care about, some one who had passed away, Or still alives but has already out of my life. Let say there was always, Two sides of each coin. What everyone saw, might not be all. To me, passed away or staying alived, Was only a matter of what in my mind. The physical appearance of a person could...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, destiny, devotion, for him,
Form: Free verse



Out of Sight, Out of Mind
I lost a friend; Jason really loved his gin. One night while he was on a binge. He walked off into the deep end, now no one has ever seen Jason again. I lost a friend; his life was his duffle sack. One day he headed to Iraq. I didn’t know him when he came back, well I guess Billy’s mind slipped...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Out of Sight, Out of Mind
I thought of you today I never imagined I would Out of sight out of mind Or so I hoped You flew You grew You were too close to the sun I thought I told you Not to fall Fall to the ground Out of sight Out of mind But always so close to my...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, death of a friend,
Form: Free verse
Out of Sight, Deep Into Mind
You have come undone And I was air. Then I betrayed you- not with a man, But with a country that owned me blind And enchanted to the edges. This alingual scent of a colorless skin Tamed my cells into being loud And I am numbed of life now. I perspire a no man’s land in my pores And on that limb of...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, confusion,
Form: Free verse



Out of Sight, Out of Mind
out of mind out of sight was what you said last night as the light was turned off and I walked away shackled in shameful handcuffs skillfully placed when I wasn’t looking out of sight was what we used to be strutting our stuff across the stage like when James Brown was all the rage back in the day we were the soul...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, black african american,
Form: Prose
Out of Sight Out of Mind
You charm me for days with words you text Then I'm completely ignored, left feeling perplexed Maybe you're afraid that we're moving with haste But totally ignoring me leaves me with a bitter taste If you need your space then kindly inform me so I have a life and other places I can go Consideration and communication are high on my...

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Categories: out of sight : out of mind, anger, life,
Form: Rhyme

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