Something I Am Not
...Pink bows, lace shows
Underneath girl clothes.
She/her, feminine blur
And so I hide in liquor.
I was born and now I’m stuck
Being something I am not.
Future wife, present daughter
Certified ...
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Categories:
pulpiteer, angst, body, boy, depression,
Form: Blank verse
Earle E Cleveland
...I remember you and I
How we sat to lunch summer after summer
I remember you and I
The small scope critic and the pearl sweet preacher
We lunched in the Bronx, feasted
In Manhattan, the wasted
C...
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Categories:
pulpiteer, death, dedication, friendship, hopeme,
Form: Verse
The Jacob Hour
...Consumed with the fervor of the day
In my children's room I knelt alone
And cowered low before the throne
My mortal sins, O there to cast away
The lights were off, and silence reigns
Alone wi...
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Categories:
pulpiteer, faith, mysteryme, faith, may,
Form: Verse
Reprisal
...I marched, they marched, we marched
For nothing now it seemed
And I the ego pulpiteer, left parched
Refusing to go underground with the stream
That carried me before to a sheer
Desolate drop, I ...
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Categories:
pulpiteer, introspectionme,
Form: Verse