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I Made This Poem For You
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I think , at last, I should speak directly to you  because somehow everything I am  is in your hand   And I think, at last, that you should know  that I half expect the world to be cold  to leave me black and blue   Some are born to win  Some are born to lose   But all, in my view  should know the happiness  of a well married man   I know I have told you stories of sadness  And abuse  All of this happened, more or less   But I want you to know  that even though we are apart  we are together   And I love you   Go.  Do something wonderful.   Read Tagore.  Run six miles.  Paint a portrait.   Live a life with morals  A life observed  Become who you are  The blessed virgin  offers her protection   And so does Pedro.  You know..   It took me like three hours  to finish the shading  in this poem   It's probably the best I've ever done.   Sweet happy valentine.  My funny Valentine.
Aurora
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Her hands  do not shake   Her eyes  are set calm   But the dark hides monsters  that jump out and get her   Orange hair  Red Eyes   A bullet with her name  Her boyfriend  Threw her upon the ground  pressed his body upon   Eyes closed  Even open   She held him in the dark  Her eyes set calm   She will see the summer's day  She will remember the fallen   She will hold her firstborn  and name him Jon
A Message for Raven
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He held her picture  in his hand  Died in the battleground  Song of Solomon    His eyes looked skyward by night  glazed and bright   Life is so much dying  so many different ways  He remembers her taste  His breath leaves him at last    Then silence  His last moment  And she is there   She was there  She will always be there  And now  He is gone    When she gets the message  in her doorway  it comes by soldier   And she hits the ground  with both knees  her body collapses  into a circle to Zion  the world spins beneath   The soldier touches her cheek  Then leaves    Her eyes look skyward  tears like diamonds   And after the sadness passes  she hates him   Leaving her here alone  Two children  And a home   A Salem coven  building within the seven gables  of a private hell    And just like that  her hear turns to stone   No more feeling  No more love  No cellphone  No long road   The simple chord  of a song  unfolds  to cover the  world   In shades of black  from which no wingbeat can be...
Contest Entry
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And now I wait  for the judges to return  I know part of my entry will be flawed  but happy that I entered  and happy that it was good enough to have won    I hope the judges wonder  how much more I can become  and that I do not become entangled  in the reasons  I lost   But instead I wonder how to win  every mistake  becomes an opportunity  every problem pairs a solution  no matter how hard to find   it's not the kill  it's the thrill of the chase   It makes you  remember   No man is an island  unto himself  every man a part of the continent  a piece of the whole   Therefore no contest entry diminishes me  I do not ask for whom the bell tolls   The bell tolls for Michael Jordan
Peace. Love. And Cocktails.
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Bob the Ferret  is like an old jewish guy  the telltale white face  and affect   He leans back  licks your hand  and plays in a box of rice   I love how people  take care of animals    It shows we have the capacity to love  even if we will never  trade it for control   And it's funny , you know  how animal rescue  can give you a parrot   Who occasionally yells out  "You Bastard"   I can only hope  that if I ever had one   He would sing a song   Drink to me  Drink to my health   You know that I can't drink anymore   For what is certain but death  and what is life without it  these little animals live and die  in the blink of an eye  we play their master  they play our pet   It's fun to believe that life goes on  Forever    And I  just met  a woman  from Craigslist  in a hotel room   Who introduced me  to a Ferret  named Bob  as I touched him  I faintly, purposefully  touched her arm  then petted his head   She wore a faded yellow T shirt  that said   Peace. Love.  ...
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No static at all  escape from Big Brother  the book of face   at least Google  learns from its mistakes   sometimes you let the first search go  sometimes sift through the page    Not to replace thought  Not to replace faith  Not to touch the earth   Let's run   It's fun to search for something  It's fun to try something new   And now that I've find you  It's a plus    It's not something I have to do  I feel warm, comfortable   Alone    In a circle  I didn't make on my own   I write  and read  and share   I stretch my arms  and feel the rain   I see your face  a silhouette  in eclipse   Where the red sun sets  on a railroad town   There is you  and I  through the glass, darkly  My face isn't looking any younger   I touch the place where you were  Where the wind blew through your hair   And checked my phone  then returned  to carbon monoxide  choking me into the dark again   And dreamt  of an app design  useful  and lyric  something you would use   I desi...