Just Drive

She set her life to cruise controlpreferring a leisurely driveand Sunday afternoon sceneryto a one-woman racesimply for the sake of speed and curiosityI am that one womanwho cut the cable to my brakespressing the pedal to the pavementscreaming past... Read More

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The Poetic Portrait

It is a perfect poetry portrait,Pixels precisely picturing her posture,Painted purple and pink,Perplexing prowess in purchasing perspectives,Punitive points on primary politics,Penned with pride and painted with passion.Pardon my progressive pattern of... Read More

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Eminence and Domain

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 “Ah hah!  Pronoun trouble.”―Daffy Duck Her father and uncles; later, her brothers, cousins, husband; later still, her sons and grandsons, spilled blood overseas (others’ and their own), to defend  Our Way of Life. Of course She had... Read More

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Old Men Walk Funny

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Old men walk funny with shadows eating at their heels.Pediatric walkers, prostate exams, bend over, and then mostly die.They grow poor, leave their grocery list at home, and forget their bank account numbers,dwell whether they wear dentures, uppers or... Read More

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