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Laurence Overmire

As the Bombs Drop

We must stop

Thinking literally

Life is a metaphor

Not a fact.


(Previously published in The Hold, Oct.2004)

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How Old?

Ask me my age and I’ll tell you
True

I’m somewhere between

Birth and Death
Are you?


(Previously published in Badosa,2003)

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The Life Of A Cat

Sleep.
Eat.
Sleep.

Play with string.

Sleep.
Eat.
Sleep.

Hu nt a bug.

Sleep.
Eat.
Sleep.
Sleep.
Sleep.


(Previously published in Superior Poetry News, Spring 1999, vol 5, No.1; Short North Gazette, Aug.1999; Lightverse.com, Nov.2000)

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Word to the Latecomer

Life’s too short
Not to start
On time

If your coming
Is not worthy of keeping
To the minute

Then do us a favor
Stay where you are and
Let the rest of us

Proceed
Before the date
Too late, expires.


(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, July 2001)

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In a Poet's Eye

is the reflection
the image of a ghost
haunted by life
love-lorn romantic
the heart cut open
exposed
the flesh peeled away
in layers
words fall
drifting silently
the sad and bitter tears
of a lost embrace…


(Previously published in Bardo Burner, Jan 2000, no.12)

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Unplugged

To be disconnected
Pulled from the wall of
Family relationship
Unable to fire electrons
Up and down thin
Conductors, no grounding

For a live wire

Spinning out of control
Lethal shock
Without warning
Unclaimed bodies
To litter a house
Built on unreasonable

Expectation.


(Prev iously published in Zinos.com, July 2000)

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Dead Starfish

washed up

on the beach
high tide’s brief wasting
a minute more, a minute less
the beach holds
sand secrets

to take or to give
back and forth we go

but time does not wait
as the last wave recedes
the next plunges forth
and wipes the slate
pebble and foam completely

clean.

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Sink Hole

He made the mistake of standing on top of the television set.
He thought maybe he could conquer it, I guess
But instead

It swallowed him up and burped him out into an

Infomercial.
And if we don’t pay $149.95 in six easy installments
We’ll probably never see him again.


(Previously published in The Short North Gazette, Jan.2003)

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Parent Child

Every poem is an individual
A song with its own music
Its own unique voice
Its own particular way of expression
Suited, in form and style, to its own
Particular taste

Give it room
Allow it to breathe
Allow it to be different
From what you’d expect
And if you’re lucky
Sometimes it will surprise you.


(Previously published by The Stroll of Poets Society, July 2000)

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Blows to the Head

the rules were laid
inside his head
in block cement

we had to take a hammer
to his skull
to break the hardening

of thought and mind
set free the demons
of his passion

allow
the precious seed
of wisdom

to sprout
in fingers
of his art

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