Between my two halves
...Deep in to the shivering waves of mood,
have just met the other me,
through hundreds of inner layers,
unbeknown to myself
they swarmed like thousands of prayers.
A lifetime of constant spirite...
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Categories:
subsequently, emotions, encouraging, feelings, me,
Form: Free verse
like a breath of fresh air
...like a breath of fresh air...
and all things considered,
broadcast on national public radio
Frequency: 90.9WHYY-FM,
I (a liberal democrat)
counted myself as an avid fan
particularly listening...
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Categories:
subsequently, absence, adventure, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Cruel fate nixed our sites set for buying a hoagie
...Cruel fate nixed our sites set for buying a hoagie
Yours truly and the wife
tended to some errands,
which included going
to the Limerick,
Pennsylvania Citizens Bank
for me to rectify
an erro...
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Categories:
subsequently, adventure, america, car, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
...Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
in unrelenting deep purple Depeche Mode crisis...
the yeast you could do
for a crusty and crabby old man,
(who I know
like the back of my clawed hand),...
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Categories:
subsequently, adventure, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
...Cash strapped despondent citizen banker
in unrelenting deep purple Depeche Mode crisis...
the yeast you could do
for a crusty and crabby old man,
(who I know
like the back of my clawed hand),...
...
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Categories:
subsequently, adventure, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation redux revisited
...Prolonged offal bout courtesy constipation... redux revisited
Upteenth instance where yours truly
experienced assault upon hindquarters.
A worse hellish fate than perdition
and the closest in...
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Categories:
subsequently, abuse, adventure, anger, angst,
Form: Free verse
Draconian measures promise to hobble future SEPTA transit riders
...Draconian measures promise to hobble future SEPTA transit riders
one of whom would be
this married sexagenarian,
who recently acquired
his Senior Fare Card
courtesy Trump's big beautiful bill
...
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Categories:
subsequently, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Pulchritudinous virtual crime pulled off without a cocked hitch
...Pulchritudinous virtual crime pulled off without a cocked hitch
delivered me back in the dark shadows
and the underbelly of the web,
where impossible mission
to differentiate the outer limits ...
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Categories:
subsequently, absence, america, anger, anniversary,
Form: Free verse
Though an atheist
...Though an atheist..
please oh lord brace and fix me with monetary salvation
After umpteen times being swindled
reducing me to abject poverty
psyche of mine
broke into a bajillion little pieces...
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Categories:
subsequently, absence, abuse, analogy, angel,
Form: Free verse
Remembering the frantic little boy with strawberry blond hair who didn't say boo
...Remembering the frantic little boy with strawberry blond hair who didn't say boo
Nonverbal (though he could talk)
most of his responses
happened to be witnessed
as his characteristic
and court...
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Categories:
subsequently, 2nd grade, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine
...Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine...
until courtesy amazing grace interceded
in the doggone guise
of Canis lupus familiaris
unwittingly timely deliverance
v...
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Categories:
subsequently, adventure, angel, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Sexually explicit meme more real day
...Sexually explicit meme more real day
originally written May 31st, 202_
humorously, posthumously,
and tempestuously expressing woes
from the top of my talking head
to gnarly nails of
(this ...
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Categories:
subsequently, 11th grade, adventure, america,
Form: Free verse
As an easy pushover and soft touch lamenting my demise
...As an easy pushover and soft touch lamenting my demise
Vultures swooped overhead
and preyed on my vulnerabilities
forcing me to carrion camping
as fine young cannibals
sharpened their knives
an...
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Categories:
subsequently, 12th grade, 1st grade,
Form: Free verse
Irrational exuberance at respite from reading
...Irrational exuberance at respite from reading...
(on a rainy May thirteenth
two thousand and twenty five)
as a balm against ennui
becoming engrossed, immersed,
and lost in space of orrery
reg...
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Categories:
subsequently, adventure, america, analogy, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Simulated Evolution
...
As a paleontologist my research has supported the idea that the primary
cause of dinosaur extinction had been the massive impact of at least 10 km
diameter asteroid in the Yucatan Peninsula, cr...
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Categories:
subsequently, fantasy, imagination,
Form: Narrative
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