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a poet's playground

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thank god it’s friday
why
are you going to
wish away everyday
just to get here
and really what is so special
you have nothing new
on your plate
you forgot to make a date
with that wild thing
you were thinking
………………..

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a bite

i dangled my heart
…………………………in front of you

you didn’t take
a nibble
you took a bite

my life
suddenly turned
inside out
couldn’t scream
couldn’t shout
the emotions
dripped from my skin
your eyes laughed
whimsically
my painted toes danced
capriciously

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waiting for me – (choose your ending)

i would walk
that path
to the beach
each day
if
i knew
you’d be
there
waiting
to wade
waiting
with a caress
waiting
waiting
………… for me


i would amble
through
the tall grass field

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be……….. your own valentine

don’t let a day of
hearts & flowers
turn you sour
be your own valentine

pour a glass of wine
put your feet up
dust your mind
of clutter
fill it with
elements of
smiles
joy

take the time
to dismiss
the outside

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fortitude

mixed emotions
tossed
and turned
churning
up from the depths
deeply seeded
with a certain need
to purge
leaving
the scraps
of unpleasantness
upon a worn shore

letting
the pounding waves
beat the hell
out of the waste and oddments

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survival

in a desolate state of mind
the only cure
abandoning the multitude of thoughts
that seem be be a constant flow
hoping the tide will drag
them out to sea
leaving one on this empty beach
with merely one thought
survival

like that pier
it has

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