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Sparkling and paint-splattered, Saturday oversleeps turning into her pillowPillow soft Sunday urns for another day and a trenta iced coffeeCoffee carries Monday to work in a fireman’s holdHolding her promise Tuesday clings to the edgeEdging from the brink Wednesday throws her leg over the humpHumpback chest Thursday breaks open spilling pages freeFreed Friday shimmies down
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Door creaks open Betwixt my legsHead in the crook of my knee By my solesAll soft belly and sharp claws On my curlsA crescent hot pressed into my dreams You walk across my chestFlop down to Luxuriate in lethargy My eyelids flutter against your snoresI awake into your somnolence Your Eyes open, a hopeful yowl“Dammit
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This is my handDeep in my pocketOver my heartCovering my eyes, oh God Covering my eyesLaying in bedNever wanting to get up againHere is my hand Another morningWeighs on my chest pressingOver my heartTake this hand Pinned to the sadnessDeep inThe pocket ripped patched tornBleeding precious need To reach out to rise
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How much we love each otherAn anniversary surprisePictured RocksYour gift to me despite your fear of heightsLet me take your photoBack up you sayTake it all in fromFirst date to first grand babyThat woman just one of manyThat woman you talk to late into the nights she is secondsOur love is decadesCool sandstone heavyNo one
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Thanksgiving dinners and Christmas morningsWatching screamers and starbursts late into the nightEaster baskets and homemade firemen costumesPlastic t-Rexes and spaceships built with blocks bright Hollering and hollowed promises deck these hallsWaiting half the night for him to com through that doorPhotos laughing in a stack of photo albumsOf a happy family that doesn’t exist anymore
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Once upon a timeDamsels in distressA tower among the cloudsThe hero on a questTrue love’s kissIn the dark a chittering of evil Tell one more pleaseBedtime is princesses and knightsMan eating giants and question filled trollsFluffy stuffed bears and race car comfortersNot for meMy dreams were fed on other stories Sharp knives and trip wiresSnap
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Knowing you’d slip beyond the horizon,Still you cast your net for my silvery heartThat laughed at romance’s silly clichés.A spy in the house of loveFeet planted in the shifted sand, I was.How could you trick me with an unblemished shore?You held me under ceaseless wavesNaked I washed upon our shoals,Driven and tossed Find me Find
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Tell me bout the childrenAre the girls okayLet little Lucy know I would sew her Spring Fling gown if I couldI wanted torosebud pink with Swiss dotsSpaghetti strapsNo don’t bring them hereI want them to remember Meemaw like I wasLike I’m supposed to beDon’t ask how I’m doin’ Did Bobby and Jack cover the hayFrom
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I want waffles.Golden buttery windowsDrizzles of maple syrupCheek and jowl, with sausage and eggsA saucy wink from peaches I want waffles.Melted morningsThe day’s sweetness dripsJostling with solitude and paperbacksFlirting with a nap I want wafflesTo savor over timeAnd time to savor overA morning set on a plateCurled on the sofaUnfurling my thoughtsWith my favorite mug
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A workplaceA dining roomStorage facilityAnd private libraryMy shuttle, my shelter, my solaceRide on though your front left is capriciously lowCoffee splashed blazons your dashBumper love taps, mementos of lessons learnedRide on Parking garages be your nemesesCrushed seltzers carpet your floorPhone holders will fail at the less opportune time Ride on Noble chariot Through thick and
circular staircase 