Short Grudging Poems

Chin thrust forward, held in right hand
    pleasant sweep of hair graces unexceptional forehead

  Thoughts percolate, bubble lightly, retreat
    mouth scrunched up into grudging position...

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i see reflections of myself
all the could have beens
pile around me
grudging my steps
better never an option
how to give love you have never felt
so i feign my humanity
with a crooked smile
and eyes that lock
me in my emptiness...

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Another big bright star,
    Blonde Scandinavian like dawn smiles 
  Indeed, sensational sunshine in daylight 
Grin without grudging, gracious so soft gently
  Splendid her spirit smoothly shines sight
    Surprisingly lovely going soul beguiles
               Smart mind good heart....

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Trials, we know them,

Eating your soul and forcing silence.

Let one be your witness and your jury.

Leave old grudging regrets swept and left.

Meander your blue black thoughts back to the trials we know

Earnestly, I beg.

Grievously I say:

Onward, silence isn't needed here....

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The little snail made his way across the walk
Proudly carrying his brown house upon his back
I stopped to watch him so slowly inch along
Cringing at the sticky goo that marked his track

I admit I smiled, thought him cute in his own way
As he finally made his way into the flower garden
Wondering if he even had a thought or two at all
Or just ate my plants without my grudging  pardon...

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Summer keeps coming.
Knock down days
that stroke the heat- hammer
with a wilting flesh.
We must find a way
to un-cuff from the insufferable,
to face off with an icy will power.
To honor, with a grudging awe
those pioneers
that came and went
before the cool hit-songs
of our air conditioning units.
If it were possible
we would drink a cold beer
while taking a cold shower,
or shower in cold beer,
but that is just a dream
our over-cooked minds
clings to....

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