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Being green we use
fabric bags old boxes to
wrap gifts. No trees die.
My door open, but
the rooms are empty, thoughts like
forgotten relics.
Has it really been
a month since I told you all
about my day, dear?
Earthworms emerge, splayed
across sidewalks, tender skin
snags on rough concrete.
While I throw pennies
into a coin jar, Bear Stearns
gets a big bailout.
Spring ahead and lose
an hour. What I could have done
in that length of time…
“We’re domestic,” a
blonde woman tells her daughter
in line at the gate.
On a cluttered Queens
balcony he stands, watching
the complex decay.
Accomplished nothing
’til I took Motrin a whip
that tamed this tiger
He drank to excess
so why am I the one with
the splitting headacne?
What of those born on
the 29th, their birthday
once every four years?
Teenager curled up
becomes baby J who’s glad
that mommy’s nearby.
After the illness
taste dulls on the tongue, food just
fuel to run this husk.
Reality makes
me sick. Going through laugh track
cop show withdrawal.
He had a dream but
his murder was our nightmare.
It’s time to wake up.
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