Barren #copse
Lush green soon
Alcohol ink on glass
Rain on the windshield
Thunder in the distance
Grey clouds roll in
No umbrella necessary
Good witches don't melt
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25 years ago tomorrow
You died in my arms
My hopes on your brother
Died 6 days later
Confusion
This life an illusion
Was I with you
Why was I left here
Red black blood when I stood
Splashed my toes
I still see it
Triggered today by a nail polish bottle
Construction 6 a.m.
#chorus of barks
Chihuahua won't have it
Pom puppy looks to him
Guidance in the dog world
#Grooves in the street
Asphalt smell
Version of hell
They stand at the door
Expecting me to do something
Half an animal cracker for each
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Sometimes I'm a #maritime mermaid
In the mind of Arthur Rackham
Others times my hair unfurled
Backlit by the moon
A fever dream of Maxfield Parrish
At all times yours to cherish
Forevermore settled by a score
Rachmaninoff at the shore
I love you forevermore
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#lock the brakes
Fly straight into the air
Gravel dug its way
Into my 11 year old hands
Get up, #crawl if you have to
Breathe if you need to
As you pick those pieces out
With a needle
My fingerprints are scarred now
Truth
Not #folklore#vss365#poetry
Very #fluid
Slowly like a snake
Make them do a double take
"Did you see that?
Moves like a cat
In stealth silence
Shimmy away
Like an almost-caught #rat#Brush lher hair from her eyes
Hip pop
Hip drop
Students watch
"Teach me that" !!
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#closure does not exist
It's just a dime store term
Designed as a release
From awkward silence
It does not cease
Can you subsist
Forgiveness doesn't mean
It's ok that you did that
It's a way to cut off the "we"
To live life more peacefully
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He said "you've a thousand #yard stare"
I reach back to blurry memories
I catch the corners
I miss the lost
I still dream of them
Can almost see them
I know
They know
I care
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I took the #shovel
Nothing else to do
My #sibling imploded the family
As I sat at our dad's deathbed
My brother plotted
I had to bring Mom
Back to reality
Her psychotic break
I cried in the kitchen
In silence
No rest for me
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The dogs steer clear
The cats lean in
Glass crashing at 3 am
A normal thing
You know how crystal rings
But in the morning, nothing there
To the dogs it's rather a scare
Cats see the #paranormal
Rather purranormal
Quite comfortable to me
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"Codswallop" said Bach the Cat
"What exactly is that"?
Oodles the Poodle said "cats like fish and it has cod "
"Hmmmm", Bach considered
"But wallop, #codswallop", Oodles barked out loud
"That's a really weird crowd. I guess they wallop each other with fish" #vss365#codswallop
#Dysania mania
Such is the life of the cat
They yawn languidly
Except for Jackie Blue
Into the catnip plant he sat
Greta with narrowed eyes
Stares at me when I turn on the light
She can't wait for night #vss365#dysania
It shows a worrisome #depravaty
Meeting the #sword
So sick a word
Not part of 50s #kitsch
Enough to make one #writhe on floor in disgust
So sick a deed to put cavity in cavity
Hope they haunt you for eternity
Turducken gravity
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#Hitherto#convoluted#tantamount pretension
Words he used
"Facetious"
He couldn't spell it
So why use it?
Set himself out to sea
Funeral #pyre away from me
When you left the earth
I finally was free
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I have a cat nativity set
I couldn't resist the purchase
Three wise cats
Kitten in the #manger
I don't care if you think I'm stranger than anyone you know
Perhaps you should lighten up
Right meow