On Sitting at the Cafe

Sitting alone outside a dusty uptown cafe Watching people drink their $4 coffees As they come and go into the gray of the day. In the background a saxophone plays, And two women talk of raising funds for a private school. People smoke and talk outside, with cars and trucks, While dry eyes feel the [...]

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Another Sunday Ends

Another Sunday ends; the clock struck 23:30 hours just now. We had a good weekend, free of noise and bad dreams, Though the alarm did go off at 04:30 hours, Scaring all of us half to death. Though I ran to shut off the siren, I was too late. Nobody had broken through, we made [...]

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Commander In Chief

The commander of the armies prays his enemies on the right Will not succeed in ending his springlike reign. For they see him as Othello, arrogant and vain. The commander of the armies will thus put on his armor And drink deeply from a chalice of words. His rivals will beat the ground with sticks, [...]

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Gone the Rain

Gone the rain, here the sun. Blinds all the way opened wide. Welcome sun, welcome warmth. Sunday morning church bells toll, And churchgoers cross the parking lot, Skipping over water puddled in many spots. Free the sky of darkened clouds, On a day a famous singer is plowed. Yet today nobody famous has died. And [...]

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Cold Rainy February Nights

  Rain falls all day and into night. Even so we leave our homes, Sit with others in darkened theaters. People talk of food and of broken dreams. Many stare at their lighted phones And hope to read something true. People everywhere toast the night, Laugh at being an elephant in a room. Easily they [...]

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End of Week Again

End of week, its face washed by rain, Arrives on weary, long-traveled feet. The sun makes a noontime visit, But it will be brief; on the way heavier rain. Outside the day puts on a rain coat, walks the dog, Keeps its eyes on its feet. I greet the wet, gray day with a desire to pen. Words [...]

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Time Recalled

My recalled SUV takes me to a dealership waiting room. Others like me wait while the talk show lady blares on the loud TV. Two hours long my sentence here, bland the room I call a cell. No desk where in peace to work, write a word or two. Plain walls and floors beaten down [...]

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Sleepless Night at the Sleep Center

It did not go well at the sleep center. Slept three hours when hours to sleep were few. Only a slice of the test was completed. Time had no wish to linger for me. And off I went into the quiet hour before daybreak. Not quite dazed to fall asleep at the wheel, I made [...]

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