Relics Now

Gentle poems
Simple rhymes

Relics now
Of bygone times

Gentle words
Simple phrases

Of temperate times…
Pleasant places

Whispered phrases
Words I like

Soft sighed goodbyes
Like crystals in the night

Out of date
Behind the times

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Ugly!

I hate to talk
about ugly kin
But I had the butt-ugliest
lil’sister
We had to tie a pork chop
round her neck
Before my daddy
would even kiss her

Not only was my sister ugly
Even more so was my baby brother
When he was born, the doctor slapped his butt
Then turned around
And slapped my mother

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Upon You

Try to see,
what others see
When their vision happens
Upon you

Try to conceive
Of what they perceive
When perchance they cast a glance
…upon you

Try to be
What you wish them to see
When their eyes alight
upon you

For you can become
The focus of someone
Whose eyes you wish to fall
…upon you

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Name of the game...life.. destiny...fate

Big ol’ houses…
lil’ studio apartments
Limousines
Little bitty Kia cars

Haute cuisine
Beans and weenies
Back porch people
Movie stars

Caviar
Microwave popcorn
Same pleasures,
Different name

From Cars to culture…
food or fame
From samovars…or mason jars
...The coffee’s still the same...

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Six Locks

Six locks on my door!
Why not just two or three?
You really wanna know?
I’ll tell you so!
why that works so darn well for me

I put six locks
all in a row on my door
But I only lock
every other one, you see

Because while a burglar thinks
he’s pickin all six
He’s really
always lockin three

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And I will write

Is it loneliness…
Is it fear?

Is it of lost love
That you wish to hear?

Is it happiness?
Is it of light?

That makes you read…
Into the night

Please tell me…
For I have need

of your interest…
and insight.

Please tell me
For I want you

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Sidewalk Cracks and Mother's Backs

Though I’m now quite old myself
And mom’s only
a warm memory

I still avoid stepping on cracks
I suspect there yet remains...
A little boy inside of me

Same thing…tho’ an America style haiku
Still can’t step on cracks…
In me… still a boy… can’t be
Breaking mother’s back

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Things Lost On Gossamer Wings

A small taste Of your lips
To remember
A small taste
So you would not forget

Remember me always
And ever
Remember me
And never regret

Remember the fleeting
Time that we had
Time that flew by
On gossamer wings

Memories so golden
So sweet and so sad
Of what time has stolen
Lost things…Lost things

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Ins And Outs

Into…

Depthless grief,
boundless wonder

Ways our world
is torn asunder

Empty hearts
Lack of feeling

Ways our world
Is In need of healing

Out of…

Open minds,
closed to sorrow

Ways our world

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How Will It End?

How will it end?
With the smell of brimstone?

Will it end in great gatherings,
Or in defiant dignity, aloof and alone?

Will it all end with a display of defiance,
Or Will it all end with a cringe and a simper?

The brave might defy…The weak meekly cry
But the world will die…with a bang and a whimper

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