SHED

love
unrequited
rejected
spited
jealousy
couldn't fight it
enraged
labelled
tagged
devastation
regurgitation
stigmatized
begged
cried
ostracized
drug hazed
guise
self
loathed
rough
road
facing
gales
bond
bails
shaemeless
aimless
bedded
shredded
romped
stomped
stamped
tramp
pills...pills...pills
buried
still
suppression
depression
inside
dead
shed...s...

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EVERYDAY

Chrissie Hynde
singing
2000 miles
remember years
long by
home filled
yuletide
friends
arrived
from far
and wide
gathered
in love
a bevy of
turtle doves
strangers
came this way
for a
short stay
stealing
my heart
of me they're
still a part
time ticked
on
those occasions
now gone
stll feel
the cheer
after all
these years
never
too old
for magic
in the sou...

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SEASON OF ME

attacked
life
as if in a
title fight
yield meant
nothing to me
wrong direction
one way street
flew like
a drone
into a
no fly zone
putting out
fires
growing
tired
under strain
fuming smoke stack
runaway train
gone off track
stuck in
reverse
hindsight
cursed
bull in a
china shop
fish outta water
flip...flop
square peg
trying to fit in
with a circle
of ...

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UGLY DUCK

lonely
and pale
skinny
and frail
invitations lost
in the mail
last one
picked
bullied
tricked
words
hit
like stones
and sticks
not
included
demeaned
deluded
gullible
naive
heart on
sleeve
target
scapegoat
lost sheep
without hope
voted most
to be least
ugly duckling
among geese
where are
they now
doesn't matter
anyhow
felt homely
in the cradle
sittin...

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AMAZONIAN

would be
famous
if everyone knew
who i was
don't
understand
should have records
of platinum
they don't know
my name
should have
fortune and fame
poured out
my soul
in tales
i've told
should be on
Rolling Stone
producing
pure gold
write like
nobody's business
but haven't made
any hit list
can rock
a line
do it all
the time
yet my star
still doesn't shine
n...

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GREEN BRONX MACHINE

container of seeds
no place to reap
a radiator tucked behind
forgotten over time
they didn't see
the happening underneath
tensions rose
students on their toes
gloves off
weapons sought
no sticks or rocks
but a garden box
sudden pause
oohs and awes
couldn't believe their eyes
what a beautiful sight
brows unfurled
picking buds for girls
bouquets taken home
t...

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BURIED GOLD

no beacon
no held hand
shifting sand
boogeyman
hide and dart
missing parts
unseen marks
shaky start
shamed
stained
blamed
called names
spirit hollow
left unwhole
no destiny
no home
no goal
a being
crippled
damaged
rippled
words a sickle
downhill trickle
branded
stranded
spiining kaleidoscope
no grab rope
couldn't cope
twisted
mother
gator
father
waste
...

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GROW WHOLE

don't wanna hear
the words
only gonna
hurt
doesn't matter
what we say
died
the day
our son
went away
can't face
ouselves
let alone
anyone else
so what
happens now
does it matter
anyhow
only have
the past
can't go
back
living on
memories
too painful
for me
don't know how
we got here
caught up in
this nightmare
unable to
fully wake
like this we
can't st...

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PAPER DOLL

fancy apartment
big screen tv
gold and diamonds
oh my would you look at me
painted
primed
botoxed
every line
born in Ontario
talk with an accent
when asked...i answer
i am of British descent
eyelashes worth
every cent
missed
car payment
and don't
have rent
nose so high
could drown in a rain
calf implants
not causing too much pain
new parts
i like to flounce
su...

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WATERSPOUT

pain exceeds
words
submerged
unheard
tablet on tip
of tongue
flotation vice
not a one
gasping for banks
sank...sank
anchored in angst
sink...sink
into the drink
writhe
twist
vortex
abyss
hyperventilate
crushing
weight
fall...fall
clutch
crawl
needles
and pins
spin...spin
against the rip
swim...swim
tsunami
deep...deep
sea
down...down
into the
drown
b...

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GOODBYE SON

now's
the time
for saying
goodbye
to only
child
of mine
decades
of dawns
you've been
gone
carry the
weight
of the unsaid
too late
never buried
memories
you'll always
be
with me
have to let
you go
so i can
grow
things to
get done
before the
setting sun
working
hard
piecing
shattered parts
changing
legacy
for you
and me
have to
say so long
in orde...

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BEYOND

early bird
gets the worm
slept in
missed my turn
no vision
no foresight
dreams took
flight
like a
lead kite
narrow
view
didn't think
things through
bit more than
could be chewed
left with
chances few
no second
thought
in a web
caught
diving in
head first
crash...burn
or worse
never looked
before i leaped
landed in
too deep
nothing sown
less to reap
one ste...

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HARVEST

reap what's
sown
harvest what's
grown
pain
into
grain
yield
endless
field
nurturing
crop
elevator
to top
hands
work
land
grueling
toil
now the
spoils
clothing
stitched
bountiful
rich
spreading
seeds
rooting
deep
ebb and
flow
soup
bowl
taking
stock
seasonal
clock
nature's
bliss
fall
solstice
basket
filled
winter's
still
branching
out
spring'...

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WON"T LOOK BACK

turn towards the door
don't have words anymore
wouldn't stay
didn't ask anyway
couldn't keep up with this charade
best plans laid
what can i say
watched our dreams fade away
was only us
in the dust
nothing to cloud
our vision now
air's cleared
except for the tears
seeing it disappear
was my biggest fear
had to face the truth
long ago we were through
ships passi...

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STICKS & STONES

sticks and stones
may break bones
me they don't know
my soul they don't own
they can talk and talk
while i walk the walk
won't let words hurt
or drag me through the dirt
won't be pushed aside
or run and hide
can tear me down
won't be their clown
can point and laugh
be smiling last
take their knocks
keep building blocks
take their best shot
be showing what i got
...

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SCULPTOR

in shat creek
i did wade
master to
the disaster
that i made
hatter of
my mad
devil of
my bad
didn't
choose
to lose
but am
mistrees
to this
mess
going
to be
referee
of me
adventurer to
my gain
killer of
my pain
Freud to
my psyche
key
to my sanity
editor
in chief
conductor of
my energy
twister of
my fate
meter of
my rate
GPS to
my direction
priest to
...

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SHOE FITS

spellbound
enchanted gown
perfect marriage
charm and carriage
fairy tale
princess and the pail
wizardry
from a pumpkin seed
took flight
on a timeline
glass slipper
left behind
midnight missed
frog kissed
prince lost
bucket and mop
riches to rags
Cinderella's way
shoe fits
magic
happily ever after
wearing it
 

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GO FISH

looked into
my eyes
said you loved me
but you lied
couldn't
breathe
had to flee
begged me
to stay
promises of
change
don't wanna be on
your runaawy train
jumping
track
not turnin
back
don't follow
me
hollowed out
can't cha see
with my feelings
you trifled
your love
like a rifle
held me
hostage
touch was
caustic
poisonous
toxic
kisses
muted
numbed
and po...

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SNAKE'S EGG

egg of king cobra
mardi gras
posing brutus
venomous
slithering pitch
wicked witch
cut from rough
rattler's sluff
shedding skin
major malfunction
tunnel around
same ground
snake to task
break through cast
zig zag free
let go...release
 

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FREE

when did i
get here
woman in
the mirror
looking at
senior years
went from
newlywed
to the
nearly dead
what happened
in between
is a
mystery
flew by
so fast
like an instant
photograph
was living
life
blinked
it went by
over the
decades
didn't notice
myself age
walked past
a window
saw a face
i should know
eyes were
the same
for a moment
felt strange
couldn'...

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MARVEL

winter's kiss
solstice
full moon
rising soon
premiere
13 a year
star studded dance
universe expands
planets align
space and time
human suspension
outer dimension
rocket man
in a tin can
strumming along
to Major Tom
view below
magic globe
shooting for mars
far...far...far
endless vast
holes of black
fire ball
night falls
marvel at
the wonder of it all

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TODAY

time to face
the truth
what we'd
been through
always something
going on
dramatics
no calm
together for
so long
couldn't see
did me wrong
followed a
crooked path
lifetime
getting back
only
friend
painful
end
had to
let go
of what
i know
holding onto
loss
nothing but
a cost
only way to
break free
built a bridge
over me
no longer
be
wallowing
in misery
pie...

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TRUCE

saw you
standing there
put you in
the crosshair
had so
much fun
now feeling
under the gun
went from
once upon a time
to drawing
hostile lines
why do
we fight
when we're on
the same side
looked to
you
to help me
soldier through
slept below
the sky
now it's a field
of mines
walk on
my toes
so one
won't explode
wake up
rattled
fatigued from
the battles
at the
...

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NEVER ALONE

shoulders
round
from being
put down
laughed
too loud
clown
in the
crowd
circle in
a square
didn't fit in
anywhere
put on
game face
slowly
erased
self
conscious
shallow
pompous
shut
mouth
kept nose
out
please...please
no one
notice me
name
mistaken
shunned
forsaken
yearned for
a home
found
a soul
now have
both
never alone
closet full
of ghosts
...

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CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY

death came knocking
last night
said come with me son
if that's alright
but i'm not ready
to go
so much i still need
to know
besides heaven doesn't
want me
hell already let
me go
can you give me
just one more day
to say all i have
to say
let me steal
one more night
to make everything
right
it's not that
i'm afraid
it's not that
i'm ashamed
knew this t...

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NEW MENU

shipped out
too soon
under a
bad moon
cross bones
and skulls
damaged
hull
force of
a typhoon
total
ruin
trawled through
hell
shocked from
shells
into the
depths
permanent
sunset
lead filled
pockets
rudderless
stars in
sky
only
guide
S.O.S.
sent
saved own self
in end
spit and
shine
stabilized
the margin
line
lost dead
weight
cleaned
slate
dining o...

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THE JOURNEY

don't receive what
you expect
when things
are less
than perfect
give up
hope
if unreached
is a goal
no point
it seems
when unrealized
are dreams
won't even
try
if no chance
for first prize
fill with
doubt
maybe even
pout
when the imagined
doesn't work out
if focused on the end
not the means
be missing out
on the journey
people you
may meet
miss the
surp...

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I LAND

no
captain
no
direction
in a
wave
no
break
had no
flow
didn't
know
which way
to go
life passing
by
ship in
the night
running out
of steam
swimming against
the stream
hook...line
sinker
old hurts
linger
more the
angst
further i
sank
thoughts an
undertow
dragging me
below
anchored by
ghosts
wallowed
no
coast
nothing in
sight
no house
with a light
...

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RISE

burning
hell
tolling
bell
taste of
bile
left over
vile
climbing
bevel
guised
devil
shifting
shape
desperate
escape
carnival
mirrors
terror
fear
haunted
house
pyre
douse
on the
run
beating
drum
released
hounds
leaps
bounds
low
growl
full moon
howl
warrior
cries
evil
dies
shadow
boxed
demon
outfoxed
unleashing
beast
time to
feast
exorcised
pho...

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CURRENT

all
consumed
with what they
put you through
no longer
in your life
with them
you still fight
if you saw
them today
go over what
you would say
in your mind
looping narrative
wasting time
cuz you can't forgive
so you exist
instead of live
caught up in
emotions and thoughts
of those with
whom you've fought
role play
with yourself
do this or that
if you were someone...

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BREEZEWAY

torrential
rain
no weather
vane
ghost ship
adrift
eye of
the storm
twist
shorn
lowering
boom
monsoon
life
vest
straight
jacket
kept at
bay
swept
away
tempest
not
in a
teapot
heeling
gale
against
sail
list
flail
frantic
bail
crosswind
coming
in
capsized
no tank
dive
red in
mourning
took
warning
hurricane
force
washed
ashore
window
pain
a
...

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BEEN HURT TOO

think you're the only one
it isn't true
know you hurt
been hurt too
every one of us
have things we go through
on the edge
hammer to a sledge
dig deep
when the climb is steep
may be frightened to the bone
but you're not alone
can honestly say
i've faced dark days
some strife in your life
ahead are better times
keep up the fight
soon see the light
gotta purge the m...

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ISN'T GOODBYE

piece of
me dies
seeing
you cry
cannot
hide
tried
and
tried
don't want you
to hurt
from my
words
tears me
apart
breaking
your heart
so many
reasons why
can't keep
up the lies
can hardly
breathe
gotta break
free
you didn't
see
i had bigger
dreams
smiling
phony
no longer
me
loved me
first
seen me at
my worst
simple
man
held my
hand
on the
fa...

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YOURS TO SEIZE

take bull by
the horns
grow roses
without thorns
half full
is your glass
pure gold
out of brass
fine wine
from tap wtaer
five star meal
using fodder
diamond from
charcoal
solid ground
of a sink hole
one line
into a book
big fish
without a hook
shower in pennies
under the rain
full crop from
single grain
seperate wheat
from chaff
always get
last laugh
r...

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OVERDUE

morphing
face
no
trace
sewing quilts
lies and lace
hidden
history
unraveling
mystery
solving
puzzles
removing
muzzles
digging
proof
exposing
truth
looking
back
following
tracks
circumstantial
facts
deceit
smacks
web
weaved
magician's
sleeve
caught
a fly
in a
lie
no stone
unturned
pants
burn
misdirection
dotted
connections
paths
cross
memories
...

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ECLAIR

water or
air
furnished or
bare
murmur or
blare
indifferent or
care
truth or
dare
conceal or
declare
hope or
despair
donut or
eclair
biased or
fair
inept or
flair
dull or
glare
tortoise or
hare
nomadic or
lair
donkey or
mare
synthetic or
mohair
razor or
nair
expand or
pare
common or
rare
assure or
scare
withhold or
share
freedom or
snare
condem or
...

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CHAMELEON(2)

cloaked
dagger
charm and
swagger
tears of a
crocodile
reptile
smile
hits the
road
snake
swallowed
the toad
itinerary
no need
studies
scenery
no lily
pad
wanderer
nomad
spellbound
rabbit hole
down
heart
breaker
poser
faker
character of
fiction
mock...mimic
depiction
deep sea
green
pools
of
cool
not blinded
by night
a lizard
in dim light
tail
...

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VAMPIRE'S KISS

night
inversion
silent
excursion
wings
spanned
hearing
enhanced
shadowed
cave
sound
waves
echo
location
good
vibrations
darkness
engulfed
emitting
pulse
change
form
parasitic
swarm
radar
vision
fighter pilot
precision
exterminate
recreate
virtual
feast
beauty in
the beast
deep sleep
rise
bitten once
twice shy
light
blind
ravenous
appetite
...

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IN THE MOURNING

grief
and pain
one in
same
overwhelming
crushes
in waves
it rushes
knocked
off feet
left
empty
can't
concentrate
thoughts of
destiny...fate
asking
why
in between
cries
try to move
forward
don't wanna
face tomorrow
carry the
weight
unspoken words
too late
grateful
fulfilled
yet sadder
still
pacing
caged
in enters
rage
aching
heart
missing
pa...

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SPACE LEFT BEHIND

see you
in dreams
smiling
at me
still feel
you breathe
so close but
out of reach
things left
unsaid
repeat in
my head
what could
i say
to ease
the pain
couldn't find
the words
to heal
the hurt
when you
were here
slowly
disappeared
barely see
your face
vanished without
a trace
miss you
everyday
that you've
been away
silence
never ends
like an
...

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BAIL PAID

shackled
to a
capsule
solitary
confined
for what's
behind
living
hell
like a
six foot cell
back and forth
pace
in a nowhere
race
a fraud
a fake
turn the phony
into bank
remove the
chains
write the
pain
into
play
expose
the
pose
mine pure
gold
get early
parole
from the
hole
bottom
scrapes
a great
escape
make an
earn
from the
burn
record
expung...

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BOUNTY

went on
a quest
for a
treasure chest
knew there
had to be
one out there
for me
wished for
fame
all would know
my name
from a chalice
i would sip
and be
diamond dripped
have
money
beyond
belief
ride in a
limousine
i would be
the scene
toasted as
queen
crazy myself
i almost drove
searching for a
jewel filled trove
imagine my surprise
when i found the key
and...

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ACE OF SPADES
(excerpt from QUILT)

up
sleeve
make
believe
dealt
card
queen of
broken heart
circus
freak
diversion
deceit
master
of
disaster
mistress
of
distress
sleight
glove
vanishing
dove
reality
distortion
disguise
contortion
deviate
red herring
bait
pure
gold
fortunes
told
rained
tears
shifted
gears
magic
tricks
secrets
slipped
outrun
illusion
boo...

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WORDS

oh yes
i love words
written...spoken
heard
don't know prose
from verse
phonetically
cursed
but from
time to time
write such a
good line
blow my
own mind
yes i love
semantics
wax poetic
and pedantic
words shallow
and deep
flowing river
trickling creek
metaphors
rhymes and puns
see how
they're strung
linked
expression
diamonds
and gems
on paper
from pen
queen...

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GHOST

said go ahead
and leave
that forever
you'd be
with me
to tell
the truth
not over
you
instead of
moving on
consatntly playing
our song
thought it
would be
so easy
but when i'm with
other guys
see you in
their smile
isn't
fair
to
compare
just seems
you're always there
been on
my mind
since i said
goodbye
meet someone
who's cute
you're in the
room too
can't
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BEST SELLER

flickering words
at night
like firefly's
light
gently
nudging
me
vanishing
suddenly
ingenious
flash
just beyond
my grasp
would create
magic
if i could
grab it
thoughts
elusive
as liquid
through a sieve
forming
to hide
in the corners
of my mind
inside me
resides
a Pulitzer
prize
an exceptional
essay
a brilliant
array
of poems
lines
words
and rhymes
...

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LITTLE OFF KEY

little off
key
might be
a
freak
like others
i don't talk
never belonged
to a flock
speak a
bit loud
feel isolated in
a crowd
can't stay
calm
when something's
going on
awkward
afraid
gonna make
a mistake
look like
a fool
trying to
keep cool
arrive in
casual wear
at black tie
affairs
don't possess
social grace
end up
losing face
topics i
choose
al...

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TIME TO EXIT

eyes
that
hypnotize
couldn't be
strong
wasn't
long
bfore i
fell
under
your spell
a touch
like voodoo
hard time
escaping you
magic at
first
uncovered
the curse
your
wizardry
was lost
on me
home we
made
just a trick
you played
nothing but
an illusion
that had me
in confusion
when the
curtain closed
went from
prince to toad
putting on
 a show
was y...

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NOT GONNA FOLD

up...up...up
trampoline
can't feel
my feet
under me
defying laws
of gravity
rose colored
glass
got me
kickin ass
don't look
before i leap
think before
i speak
gonna do what
i please
no ceiling
or floors
that's what walls
are for
if ignorance
is bliss
i'm giddy
with it
yes i
might slip
don't give
a flip
rather rely
on tarot cards
than not follow
my ...

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BACK

phantom
chains
psychic
pains
shrinking
sinking
magic potion
drinking
liquid
binge
unhinge
reversed
vision
indecision
delluded
polluted
fevered
thoughts
in a web
caught
beautiful
tragedy
solitude
grief
out of
reach
halting
screech
emotional
sieve
when ugly
gives
outrunning
shadows
facing
gallows
false
bravado
spiral...bounce
echo
songbird
unheard
sl...

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TRAIL OF POEMS

nowhere
to go
dog without
a bone
not here
or there
not
anywhere
so...so
small
not at
all
if i
disappeared
would they look
for me here
what would
they find
would they read
between the lines
see me on
a page
or throw
it away
would my
shine
come through
the blind
would i vanish
like night
in morrning
light
would it be
as if
i never
did exist
if th...

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WOULD BE WRONG

don't be
confused
by my love
for you
if you wanna
say goodbye
that's just
fine
called us birds
of a feather
said we'd always
be together
but i've learned
to never
say never
it's just
as well
put each other
through hell
promise things
will change
next day's
the same
why play
this game
ready to turn
the page
read from
a script
record that
skips
nothin...

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KARMAGGEDON

red
hood
wolf in
the wood
cases
cold
wounds of
old
tissue
scarred
soul
marred
grody
mystery
new chapter
reveals history
throwing
stones
at buried
bones
diamond cut
on fragile glass
mad hatter
running from past
karmageddon
coming up fast

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ROCKET

split and
shattered
silencing
inner clatter
missing rung
on Jacob's ladder
soul grows
old
from lies
told
dragged up
in a ward
double edged
sword
no chance
to bloom
for creativity
no room
typhooning
through
like a
corkscrew
spun
around
spiralled
down
turning
weather
nothing lasts
forever
stories i
can tell
secrets hidden
well
colorful
life
craziness
wi...

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WRITER

wanna be a
mystery writer
weave web
like a spider
pencil a catch
twenty two
channel
Ann Rule
author crime stories
true
create brilliant
disguise
underworld
spies
type up
a thriller
on a
serial killer
drop hints
for discovery
clues for
recovery
qoute
lines
from a
criminal mind
cause fear
and spellbind
a goose bump
horror
leaves you
wanting more
write
such ...

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LOVE"S NOT PING PONG

what the heck's
going on
love's not
ping pong
go back
and forth
treat it like
a scoreboard
lay your hand
on the table 
while you're 
still able
put up
a net
match you
set for set
my time
to serve
throw you
a curve
win...lose
draw
racket sticks
in my craw
don't like
games
drives me
insane
when ball's 
in my court
won't be a
good sport
comes do...

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GROW

if you feel
the need
to have imagination
freed
creativity begins
with a seed
planting
milkweed
is more
than feed
for butterflies
and bees
when you are
witness
to the
chrysalis
it is the
litmus
that magic
exists
use it for your own
metamorphosis

in memory of my loving aunt
HELEN ANN SNELGROVE
          1941 - 2018

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NEW DAY DAWNS

walked
with hollows
shadows
and ghosts
shivering
cold
from spirits
of old
never
outran
the
boogeyman
wants my
soul
tryin to
swallow
it whole
can't
resist
what doesn't
exist
have to
expose
demon's virtuous
pose
what lies
beneath
the malicious
sheath
invisible
entity
can feel
not see
taunted
haunted
by hell's
most wanted
saw a
mystic
message
c...

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LIKE

like to leave
things to fate
be surprised
by what awaits
if you're into karma
might accept a date
like the
heat
lying on 
a beach
if you like
the sun
might be
the one
don't like
the dark
rooms cold
or stark
if you like
it bright
might be
mister right
like sitting by
the fire
swinging on
a tire
if you like
no shirts required
might be my
heart's desire
like a
c...

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LANTERN

bon
voyage
veiled
mirage
ill fated
journey
bottom
feed
on
sea
of
grief
against
wind
disorientation
force of
gale
took out
sails
no line
or reel
sinking
heel
deliverance
far...far
distance
missing
plank
dropped
sank
morning
sky
warning
sign
landslide
changing
tide
chance in
hell
tolling
bell
rogue
wave
saving
grace
tossed
aside
tilled throug...

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NEVER ALONE

shoulders
round
from being
put down
laughed
too loud
clown
in the
crowd
circle in
a square
didn't fit
anywhere
put on
game face
slowly
erased
self
conscious
shallow
pompous
shut
mouth
kept nose
out
please...please
no one
notice me
name
mistaken
shunned
forsaken
yearned for
home
found a
soul
now have
both
never
alone
closet full
of ghosts
bur...

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BEHIND THE SHINE

shine
in her
eyes
as her soul
slowly dies
keeps secret
tears she cries
words that
are spoken
veils a heart
that is broken
on her lips
a smile
hides the journey
of a thousand miles
walks with
a skip
mask never
slips
won't ever
show
what she doesn't
want you to know
wrapped in
colors bright
obscures
perpetual night
clouds the
light
can't see things
a...

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WEARING EGG

so you can
read my mind
but not between
the lines
can't know
me
if yourself
isn't seen
throw
mistakes
in my
face
while yours go
without a trace
point out faults
give opinions
and thoughts
done the same
not yet caught
shouldn't
throw
stones
from a
glass home
chip on the
shoulder
will become
a boulder
spite others
cut off nose
find your
own
secrets
exp...

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HEAVY BAG

heavy
bag
hung in
the way 
on my
toes
in defensive
pose
shadow
boxed
a
paradox
when down
took kicks
blocked
the hits
hands
up
here comes
the upper cut
against
the ropes
losing
hope
down for
the count
back i
bounced
could barely
stand
but had
a plan
twelfth
round
opening
found
never
blinked
took the
final swing
won the
belt
with a knockout
i d...

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HOLLOW VOWS

smell her
perfume
all over
you
down the aisle
we walked
was just
pillow talk
called me
a princess
but your
kiss
was
poisonous
wide
awake
sleep
dissipates
only a
dream
not true
it seems
pulled back
wedding veil
nothing but
a fairy tale
a prince
i don't need
already a
queen
rather be
alone
than share
my throne
not looking
to be dazzled
or live in
a...

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KNOW EVERYTHING'S OKAY

hardly notice
you're in the house
quiet as
a mouse
as if you're
not here
and you think
i disappeared
like living
alone
each of us
on our own
just not
in the mood
retreat to
my room
not much
to say
but how was
your day
eat without
a word
tv only
sound heard
take the dogs
for a walk
even then
we don't talk
end of
the night
turn out
separate li...

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RISE N' SHINE

interior
fractured
exterior
manufactured
scrambled
fried
toasted
diced
ground
down
no stalk
found
bleached
drained
lost in
maze
fissures
and splits
served
with grit
hard
egg
borrowed
begged
great
fall
hit the
wall
shell
broke
uncloaked
whole grain
golden yolk
pieces
and bits
made an
omelette
those
dawns
long...long
gone
rise
n' shine
time
...

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BURN BRIDGES

you can
be
own worse
enemy
don't want anyone
to hurt
but keep using
painful words
gotta rise above
this narcistic curse
old habits
die hard
they're tearing
you apart
drown in
drink
numb
don't have to think
take it out
on those
who love you
most
burn bridges
with your say
sorries
too little
too late
have to
sprint
to get a
splint
help you
heal
from t...

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DO NOT WEEP
(excerpt from SICK)

do not weep
they are not gone
they are the sunrise
as it breaks the dawn
do not weep
they are not in a grave
they are the motion
in every ocean wave
do not weep
they did not die
they are the bird' s song
and the blue of the sky
do not weep
they did not leave
they are the breeze
that blows through the trees
do not weep
they are not far
they are ...

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DANCE HALL

bust a
move
get into
the groove
burst into
song
strut like
a swan
feel so good
inside
almost take
flight
spin and
twirl
giddy as
a squirrel
flip upside
down
see a different
world
no dance
floor
that's what
pavement's for
cross the
blocks
hear oldies
and rock
tune into
any station
with
imagination
soul
train
track in
the brain
no
headphones
roll
...

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9-1-1

be my
9-1-1
when the
hurtin"s begun
be the
only one
when the
healing's done
know i can
turn to you
when in need
of rescue
always on
standby
medicine for
my cry
show such
bravery
in the face
of grief
give me air
when i can't breathe
always right there
when i need relief
bandage against
life's scrapes
stop the bleed
when my heart breaks
whenever on
the mend
it'...

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OPEN STAGE

outta my
way
seizing the
day
movin'
on
blink and
i'm gone
no time
to rest
on a
quest
won't
hide
the
inside
no back
slide
holy grail
in sight
coming up
on it fast
almost in
my grasp
know
it's near
hear
whispers in
my ear
could vanish
in a wink
quicker than
i think
gotta stay
steady
be at
the ready
shot in
the dark
leaving
my mark
pumped up
amp...

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RAINDROP

heat of
august
builds
thunderous
enveloped
dust
vaporous
delicate
exist
in the
mist
water
gauge
to measure
pain
only
warmth
in the i
of the storm
cloud
burst
desperate
thirst
dehydrate
in the
precipitate
evaporate
like damp
on pave
pouring
rain
washed away
stain
disintegrate
tissue paper
in a drain
come and
go
like a
lightning bolt
make a
splash
...

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TOTAL SUM

high
price
tuition
for life
lost
found
cost
doubled down
steps from
the ditch
never felt
so rich
all i
sought
couldn't be
bought
don't have
a dime
money can't
buy time
don't suffer
sticker shock
spare change
on the clock
happiness
priceless
cashing in
on passion
not
fond
of stocks
and bonds
hung up
on dollars
rock stars
or scholars
life's debts
don...

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BACK IN TIME

if you could
read my mind
take you
back in time
when just looking
in my eyes
was enough to
make you smile
still opened
doors
danced me
across the floor
talked all
night long
made pancakes
at dawn
sat under
the stars
you strumming
the guitar
sharing
dreams
both wanted
it seemed
now we
don't speak
barely
look at me
neither one
can face
what can't be
rep...

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CHAMP

remember wearing
that belt
how good
being best felt
were the
town's toast
celebrated with
a roast
walked down
the street
gushed over by
fans you'd meet
in public's
eye
bright shining
light
earned crowning
glory
became yesterday's
story
pushed aside
marginalized
used to
ask
for a
photograph
lots of
hanger's on
now they're
all gone
question your
value
no one ...

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BELLE

how i
dreamed
gonna be
somebody
known
worldwide
shot for
the sky
went
offside
be a rising
star
go
far...far...far
took a
turn
out i
burned
was
told
gonna
go universal
on my way
when flight
got delayed
laser
precision
had tunnelled
vision
hand
stacked
when train
lost track
would make it
big time
wearing
blinds
tripped onto
my face
outta the
race
cou...

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BOX OF CLOTHES

you'll be
history
one day
soon
what will your life
say about you
don't wanna be
boxes of clothes
dusty memories
hope to be
more than debris
watched two
women
come to
their end
all they left
was facebook
sad friends
helped husbands
pack
clothes and
photographs
thought to myself
must be more than that
want to be more
than a box to Goodwill
want to be more
...

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PRETEND I'M CARDI B

have moves
for YouTube
in my
living room
name is
Cindy Lee
represent
sixty
pretend i'm
Cardi B
drive a
Bentley
fake it
til i
make it
tried to
shake it
put a slip
in my hip
walked like
a crip
got
told
hey you
too old
over the
hill
a hard to
swallow pill
see others
breaking through
billions of
views
looked easy
to me
posted some
poetry
when...

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MOTHER EARTH

holy frac
would you look at that
mother has cracks
in her back
she's being raped
for gasses that escape
fresh water being removed
to never again be used
makes her shake and quake
causing droughts as we bake
lava flows...sink holes
cars being swallowed
have marbellous countertops
so others ooh and awe
destroying the planet
taking her for granite
giving earth a hyster...

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EVEN KEEL

backward
launch
overwhelmed
swamped
no
mayday
cast
away
wrong
tack
cut some
slack
missed
the mark
careen
in stark
November's
gray
stem to stern
raked
give
leeway
albatross
toss
the lost
entangled
net
anger
regret
plumb the
depths
mine
secrets
numbers have
strength
lone sailor
tanked
bite the
bullet
clear the
deck
hatches
battened down
end of
...

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MAGIC TO BE MADE

what if
you knew
wasn't going to
come to you
wait a
long...long time
for no reason
or rhyme
not sure
before
nothing to fear
anymore
all write
then
grab paper
and pen
goals unrealized
in print
come to life
remembering
dreams
will get you
into stream
going back to
the old
will put you
into flow
nostalgic for
the past
share so it
will last
ponder the
...

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SHIFT

they say
ride or die
only have
one life
don't have
to stay
til you
fade
one way
street
same
scenery
next exit
stage left
to yourself
say yes
no need to
stick around
going over
old ground
get into
gear
new trails
to steer
wings to
be spread
burning
tread
clutch
released
lightning
greased
full
throttle
freedom
unbottled
forward
thrust
leaving
dust
mot...

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FEAR

what is fear
false evidence
appearing real
hard not to react
to things we feel
so much
to fear
things we can't see
swear we hear
things far away
and very near
since start
of time
fear's tricked
eyes and minds
didn't know
what something was
labelled it
monstrous
what's that shadow
is someone there
thought i saw a figure
probably the glare
under the bed
something move...

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LONE WOLF

make my
own rules
run on
rocket fuel
kickin' ass
front of
the class
breaking ceiling
glass
rubber meets
road
not dragging
brass
going for
gold
gonna take
command
be in high
demand
in short
supply
just me
myself and i
want my
time
better get
in line
not a face
in the crowd
to me kings
will bow
be received
by queens
to the city
get the key
lightning in
...

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WINDSWEPT FEATHERS

never seem
to learn
same old
patterns
each time
we speak
tear off
another piece
keep pulling
at threads
unravelling
instead
unable to
stitch back
torn
scraps
lost
thimble
was a
symbol
completely worn
through
that much
is true
hard to
leave
this blanket
over me
not easy
to quit
quilt that
i knit
bed we made
no longer fits it
realize
in the
n...

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BACKPACK

born a
rolling stone
meant to
travel alone
dreams
unrealized
lived
marginalized
never had
a home
continued to
roam
no one else
around
find new
stomping grounds
nowhere to
settle down
moved town
to town
wandering days
through
nothing else
to do
back to
familiar turf
faceless
no worth
no possessions
or connections
treated like
an infection
no future
to gr...

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NOSTALGIA
miss the hiss and skips
of albums on a phonograph
recording on new cassettes
listening to old eight tracks
please take no offense
had real musicians back then
what you heard was what you got
without all the production
remeber when bands
recorded in one take
best part about them
was hearing the small mistakes
young mothers used to talk
over the back fence
in the sisxties th...

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