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Mary: This is the way I remember her: Conversing without complaint Telling it like it is and was Pointing out that nobody’s perfect, Then jokingly clarifying the right way I destroyed her porch plant with a flick of my cigarette, This is the day I will quit smoking This is the day I remember her [...]

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God Was With Them

It was early in December, They had gathered out of fear, As the bombs were falling ’round them, cries of terror filled each ear, And they saw the buildings falling, And they watched the people die, And they heard the women screaming and they saw the children cry. As the skies were turning hazy, With [...]

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Finding Maynard

I fall asleep, if but only for A split-second: End of cigarette in my right hand. It’s early, I mean early morning, Her ghost; detached from her vehicle and ready She, wanting to take over me Through the semi-transparent white; That of an angelic-spread. Swinging my empty left hand; forward I haul Myself. I jolt [...]

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Curse The Man

Ever present was the feeling, He was missing out on life, When the girl he met got pregnant, And he took her as his wife. Many plans were in his future, Many things that he would do, Now he has a wife and baby, And he feels his life is through. Though he tried to [...]

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