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A Dog's Life
I wasn't sure about the title so if anyone has any suggestions that would be great.Sorry it's a little long :\My life started out well enough, or at least I ...
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Leave Me
I tapped my foot impatiently as the man in front of me waved his hands animatedly, obviously hoping to get his point across more clearly. He introduced himself as Dr. ...
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A Bed of Roses
Throw me down in a bed of roses.Teach me to love the sting of their thorns.For, how can you enjoy the flowerswithout feeling the pain of their bites?Leave me to ...
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Always and Forever
It was warm but breezy as I walked down my driveway. The relief from the sweltering heat signaled the beginning of fall, the season of death. Already leaves had fallen ...
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The Rain
I sit inside my window paneto keep away the pouring rain,and laugh at all the little dropsrunning down like silly propspretending all is beautifully sadand nothing’s ever really bad.All those ...
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What is Poetry?
A poem touches downand flutters like a butterfly,a lovely image hovering.Its wings are strings of wordsbeckoning you closerto read,to listen,to understand.Words beat out the rhythmof thundering war dr
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The Final Sleep
When I'm left alone in the quiet to think, I remember the coolness of so many empty shells. Friends, loved ones, all dressed up and laid out for that final ...
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The Highwire
I am an acrobat on the highwire.Below, demons jeer,Hell's dogs sneer.And I step.Flames tickle my feetas the wire burns my soles.The platform watcheswith a stony face;its promises abound.The reward wil
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Visiting Mother
The walls were littered with images,a funeral feeling about the room.Somber, angry, wasted.There were tears gathering in her eyes,small and wornand utterly, almost terribly alive;her young beauty begi
