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Dust Storm Delirium
Most of my mistakes are in Laramie In a motel room with a loose screen door Banging randomly in the wind And it’s windy and I’m waiting for the next bang While trying to forget I just had the worst meal ever across the street At a diner I can’t see anymore because of the […]
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Jesus Under the Freeway
Motorists stopped at a red light see Jesus every day Under a Sacramento freeway, bearded with long hair, Blankets draped around his shoulders, barefooted, Eyes fixed beyond those near his path– He’s seen unimaginable suffering Until the driver behind me honks And all is to be forgotten.
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Explaining War
Sergeant Rooney In a hospital bed Sergeant Rooney’s face Explains war To the backs of a Two-star general And a beauty queen. — Backstory: I wrote this the day a two-star general and Miss New Jersey (1971) were visiting Walson Army Hospital, Fort Dix New Jersey. I was finishing up my two-year stint in […]
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Rusty Chair
I do my deep thinking on a rusty chair By the ocean with no cell phone service. Yesterday, I remembered the runaway truck, Plowing through a spent cornfield Just east of my childhood. Didn’t scream back then, I was young with time To right the ship. Now that I’m old, I sit on this rusty chair […]
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Leo’s Back…
Our rescue dog Leo stopped eating several weeks ago. A trip to the vet revealed his liver values were too high. After tests showed no signs of disease, the assumption was he ate something toxic. We will monitor his liver function over the next six months, but signs are that he is on the mend.
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