Our Natural State
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Au Natural, our first birthday suits
soon obscured by zip-up rompers and baby boots
Baby’s not embarrassed by her appearance
insecure parents run interference
Nex...
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Categories:
rompers, baby, encouraging, freedom, nature,
Form: Couplet
Don'T Be Upset, Mommy
...Mommy, don't be upset
When they say how you should stand, sit and eat
While I munch on your blood and meat.
Just don't be upset
When they advise you on when I should be fed.
You alone know wh...
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Categories:
rompers, birth, judgement, mother,
Form: Rhyme
Uncircumnavigated
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"Uncircumnavigated"
Just Around the Corner ...
How did you write
your way
into my story?
A Wolf
and
a Fox
Blitzkrieg.
The r...
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Categories:
rompers, adventure, romance, word play,
Form: Romanticism
Happy Hour
...It's Recess, or whatever
He calls his downtime. God's
at play in the sky, bowling popcorn
balls of cumulus against the walls
of a candy sky. He does not wear
a long white beard, or flowing
ro...
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Categories:
rompers, christian,
Form: Ballad