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• the new nromal

  June 26, 2020

  i set in the cool light of day... the muddy water of my mind begins to still and soot of passing years falls to the bottom... i see all the things i used to do,  to be drift down wards like a filthy snowfall and i ponder all the things that might have been... as…

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• studying stones

  June 23, 2020

  i had a dream that what was left of me was standing in a field of golden grass under a purple sky with mountains of autumn leaves in the distance... i was in  search of my missing pieces... looking for the eyes that fell out so i could not see, blinded to the world around…

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• i will always love you

  June 21, 2020

  i had always believed that we were destined to be together forever. it was like fate had come to my aid and gave to me the most beautiful creature on the face of the planet. there were no instructions and there were no guides and i was not ready for the hurtful thing that you…

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• so long

  June 19, 2020

  i caught a hint of september in the air today... for just a moment as i sniffed he air with my eyes shut to the day... all the howling demons clawing at my rib cage fell silent and i could breathe...

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• holiday inn

  June 18, 2020

  indiana cannot observe independence day because of the kung flu... indiana will be completely open on july 4... however my hometown is setting up beer tents and soda fountains for the next round of protests for an event that had NOTHING to do with indiana AT ALL... what a wonderful world...

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• the long and winding road

  June 15, 2020

  the feeling of loneliness is something that we all experience from time to time... missing someone who is not with us... anxiety brought on by the solitude... then there is the crushing loneliness of true loss... i am lonely... i set in my house and look out the window trying to remember the soun...

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• no poetry can hide me

  June 13, 2020

  today was a strange day... the sky and the air the feel of the day on my skin took me back to 1979... i was on my way back from new york with my cousin... he was in his 40's and i was only 14 years old... he lied to my parents and said we…

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• working in a coal mine

  June 13, 2020

  i realize that i am nothing special... i know that i should be done with the grief of my mother, my father, my Jasper, my wife... there is a great deal of stuff i know... what i dont know is how can a man be 54 years old and still feel like he is in…

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• 22,000 days

  June 9, 2020

  i wish i were the one who could write the poem or song that would live forever in the hearts of man... i wish i were the one who could write the novel that would set me alongside the authors of the ages... it would wonderful if i could be one of the few instead…

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