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Archive for November, 2007

Something Like Prayer

For some reason I just cannot produce complete thoughts
Every time she ends up back at the clinic,
My body tightens up and all I am capable of is rocking and repeating, “please, please, please, please…”
 
She has been everything too long now,
to suddenly be nothing.

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Buthday

When my youngest sister was a toddler, I used to call her Pikachu.  Or Chu Chu.  Or Pika.  It’s been several years since then.
Sometimes birthday cards make me cry…

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Dressed

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The man that I used to think was Santa Claus died last month
He was my grandpa’s age,
But in my mind my grandpa is still the man that used to take us downtown on the city bus to see the Dayton’s Christmas display
Fighting crowds and
Negotiating deals
So it didn’t seem old enough to die
I am having one [...]

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