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Susie Foster Poem
Scaring ourselves silly
summer night winds
warm, but not enough.
Always choose dare.
Brave shoes run.
Keep track of good deeds.
No one tells the truth
that's boring.
Sneaking up the path
to the graveyard.
Hide and seek
between the stones.
Shadow in the trees.
Howling in the breeze.
Grasp of long grass
fingers on ankles.
Stillness of stars
breathe goosebumps
down the spine.
What are you so afraid of?
We played this game all of the time
when we were alive.
Copyright © Susie Foster | Year Posted 2023
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Susie Foster Poem
Roses blood painted petals shine.
Thorns defending savage ripping hands.
Gloves are cheating!
Go pick on something your own size!
Tulips won't bite, but they take revenge.
They flourish in fresh churned soil,
generously fertilized
by bodies deeply buried.
Copyright © Susie Foster | Year Posted 2023
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Susie Foster Poem
When I was little heaven was
cotton candy clouds.
Dead dangling feet
over the edge.
Shoes swaying,
some laces undone.
I misunderstood the idea of soles
being free.
Some were barefoot.
Because who needs shoes
to walk across marshmallows?
I still believe.
I still look up.
Only now I don't search for shoes.
I search for a ladder.
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When I got older heaven was a blindfold.
People died and dissappeared.
Cloud poufs became powder kegs.
Shoes abandoned in the hall
some laces undone.
I misunderstood the idea of souls
no one is free.
We all die barefoot.
Who needs shoes
to rot in a hole.
I don't believe.
I don't look up.
Now I search for rain clouds
and wait to drown.
Copyright © Susie Foster | Year Posted 2023
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Susie Foster Poem
When I have to go
you need to know
I didn't mean to
leave.
You might not believe
me, but I tried to hold on.
Wanted to watch the story
you wrote on my palms.
Days we counted page
numbers out of order.
Missing sentences
sequence of sequins
loosely stitched inside.
The End
of claws sunk in
to nights of just me and you.
Remember the days we built a fortress
from branches broken in the storm.
Walked endless circles
in a neighborhood we didn't belong.
All the running you did
to explore every piece of the world
at once.
Upon a time you saved me.
I don't want to go.
Copyright © Susie Foster | Year Posted 2023
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