Your screen goes black
The orgy of your show
Now done

The euphoria of empathy
Feeling your beloved characters 
All gone!

Foreshadowing that kept you on the edge
Clever plot that kept you clicking “Next”  
C’est fini!!

You regret your urge to binge
You mourn your loss
You self-soothe 

Then you wait 
And wait
For season two

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Before the beans grind

There is no joy

There is no life

It takes nine steps to walk the distance of five

Blinks forget to un-blink

Yawns overtake the soul

Your dreams abandoned you on Mars

But you haven’t noticed the red glow

There is no joy

There is no life

Before the beans grind

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Softly breathing warm in bed

The squeaking sound of a massive truck

Gently pulling you from your dreams

Its crane arm lifting bins at your neighbors

Two homes away

GASP.

IT’S TRASH DAY!

GET UP. RISE UP.

SHAKE THE SLOTH OF YOUR SLUMBER.

YOU STILL HAVE TIME!

No bra, no shoes, pandas on your pajamas

Surely the garbageman won’t mind

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I will

play my harmonica haphazardly.

make a joke with no one to laugh but me.

improv a jazz song to my cat Curry.

take a photo of what’s right in front of me.

I am not a product.
 

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You are not lost yet

You can still retrace more steps

Botched blazes be damned

© Candice Reineke 2019

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You wake me early, with a kiss-scapade and your eyes bright like the morning light that snuck through onto my pillowcase.

You open my car door with a knowing grin, and I make ridiculous guesses, but you refuse to reveal your plans.

First, across the bridges of Jacksonville, to historic Avondale, where old-Florida gardens and old-money mansions show us their frills.

My first time at the Fo...

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Beat, beat, beat

breathe in

My heart and lungs

they already know

Waves know just when

to bend

The crest crashes

when it feels high enough 

The seagull glides

by pulling on air

Sand crystals swirl

around half-buried twigs

Sea foam blows

down the body of the beach

Clouds rush

to reveal the warmth of September

Sea...

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A working woman

Juggling tasks at my desk

Stealing glances out

Cardinal singing without restraint

Brilliant red matching his mood

Sun saturating her favorite leaves

Infinite hues and shades of green

Towering oaks protecting me

Deep with wisdom and rings of strength

Moss swaying ever so gently

Juggling nothing now

A smitten woman

©️ Candice Reineke 2019

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