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Donna Mckendree Poem
Going Up?...
Basement storage room
Body parts
hard
plastic
scarred
spare pieces
scattered
tainted
used
dark places
underground
musty
cold
replaceable pieces
aged
storable
undisposed
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Complete bodies
fresh
hard
plastic
Perfect image
faceless
smooth
admired
Absorbing life
faceless
content
unscathed
Desired bodies
timeless
sensual
purposeful
Scattered body parts
an arm
for jewelry perhaps
the head
displays a scarf
a leg or two
wearing pants or shoes
Life...
what part of me
do you need today?
a hand to reach out
my legs running about
my mind
my heart
what part?
Come inside the dark space
Take what you need
store away what you don't
Use what is left of me
scattered yet still useful
attainable & reserved
contently invisible
no longer beholding to beauty.
Life...
all of this is freely yours
tattered..torn or new
all I ask is
don't touch my soul
the one thing I can't give you
for I'll being "going up" someday
complete..unmarked..brand new
My soul is what is left inside
to this I have held on...
For I am "going up" someday
to....
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the war within
spinning...uncontrolably
friends betrayals
I give give give...
they take take take...
fear...aching fear inside
money...****ing money
IRS...college...utilities...everybody
stomach is sour...queezy
children abused...even killed
adults like gangsters...evil
when will it end?
how can we stop it?
troops must live like animals
surviving off the government
government...what a joke
people die on roof tops
families shattered...lost
hurricanes...earthquakes
God humbles our spoiled nation
It CAN happen to us
no immunity for the powerful
people die...so many gone
education...just an obstical
blocking the road to wisdom
Mans laws...the Constitution
Gods laws...the Bible
Evolution...they teach it
we know the real story
In the beginning...
yada yada yada
Mans law...we can have guns <----they teach it
Gods law...we can't steal or kill <----they don't
robbery...murder
guns a tool for both
Mans laws...shouted
Gods laws...forbidden
I say peace = innocence = POWER
remember the world as a kid
see it now thru kids eyes
let the kids rule the nation
simple minds = simple life
you have a checkbook
so you DO have money mom
oops there it goes again
switching channels in my mind
what college...which path
how can I help...she's on her way
years yet to come...so different
will I make it thru...will she?
changes in attitude
with age comes change...abruptly
this house...I want to lay down
but this house...
laundry...burn it
dishes...break it
carpet...piss on it
dust...blow it
housework...**** it
no friends anyhow
25 shoes laying around
but not one pair?
and panties...
they NEVER have panties
who hides the hairbrushes
did I really buy nail clippers
every thing has it's place
here...every place has it's thing
who leaked the CIA info...
who ****ing cares
do I dodge the birds?
germs everywhere...waiting
mother...well won't go there
PJ...not worthy of my thoughts
JT...so not going there either
Thomas...best friends always...He's #1
Josh & Hannah...well ... gotta hate em
Angels...I feel them at times
David...my angel on earth
news...media...unrated
kids truly believe in friendship
they live...they learn
grandmother...I need to visit
I ache...meds become cash
cash for what?
gambling...food...gas
checks...those damn checks
they haunt me
the telephone is my enemy
surgery?...no surgery
what about 10 years from now
dentist...I'd rather die
my dad...a pain that will never heal
the spinning slows down for now
10 minutes inside my head
so very exhausting...thinking
a short break...then once again
the spinning takes control
Dave the only one understanding
i worry...I know I exhaust him
I exhaust me
I feel better now
cleared some of my mind
the thoughts escaped
the real question is....
will any of this *****matter tomorrow?
ok...here I go again
break is over...
another whirlwind begins
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Sunrise...what now?...dive back into my pillow?
find sleep again?...depends on the dreams
try to move?...my body in motion...head spinning
where do I go?...this way?..that way?
can I find my way back?
good or evil today?...are they the same?
do I care?...do I want to?...does it matter?
time is still...creeping...barely moving
am I awake?...is this today?...yesterday?
somewhere in between?
do I love today?...hate?...are they the same?
Invisible panic...fear...guilt...insecure
9 AM...Reminder alarm buzzing
quickly sip and swallow...my definate answer
or may be the question?...are they the same thing?
different shapes...sizes...blue...yellow...brown...white
damn childproof caps...brown bottles
confusing but hopeful...swallow and wait
no longer fuzzy...spinning has ceased
ahhh...finally..rage subsides...peace abides
once more I absorb my bottled sanity!
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