Angst Retreat Poems

Written: August 23, 2023
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gentlemen's eclipse
lost their unerring concerns~
tossed both love and drive

seek a sense of pride
gentlemen wander astray~
puzzled by their dreams

outsider to love
neither mental nor...

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to cross...use other side of the street


the wall sign said...no...
littering...loitering...or...
soliciting...and...

customers only...
for admittance or exit...
at the sunset grill...

hells kitchen café...
with jazz cannibal music...
savor the flavors...

and crazy...

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teens overnighting
in the social hall
yet feel
apart, alone
panicked

a dark, quiet room
curl up 
in the corner
arms holding knees to chest
head down
trying to feel
anything

nothing there
empty, a shell
huge hole
where...

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There was nothing to do
Never any way out
Born in a cage
Rose to believe I cut out

Things that I said
Things that I became
The things that mattered...

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