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Music Box Ballet

A dress of pink and petticoats,On a girl with powdered skin,She’s crowned with hair of gold,Spins round and round again. Twinkling sounds of music,Inscriptions, ribbons, and pearls,Inscribed with words of memories,That remind me of my girls. So, who’s this little girl spinning?This precious part of my life,Mirror images from over the years,My granddaughters, daughters, andContinue reading “Music Box Ballet”

Dream Escape

I step downstairs into the dark,To a stink of ocean bream,All alone in the middle of friends,In my pillow, I hide to scream. I want to be someone else,Someone whole, normal, free,I’m tired of depending on others,My life at an apogee. A puzzle to my conscious self,A vapid life that seems a lie,If not me,Continue reading “Dream Escape”

At First

It does not appear to be there,Without reflection,Or some contemplation,It just isn’t there. It’s like a low flying hawk in the sky,Or an oak tree in a pine forest,A phalanx of fish just below the surface,Or a lioness lurking the brown Sahara. But if one looks deeper,Below the flash of the obvious,The evident sounds andContinue reading “At First”

Confusion

My mind is lost as I emerge,From rooms, rooms turned around,Things missing as I stand, somewhere,I pause for the ground to settle. One lone figure gives me assurance,That I am not lost, yet I feel lost,Not scared but lost in a fog of uncertainty,Should I laugh, should I cry, be afraid? I search myself forContinue reading “Confusion”

Cartomancy

Romance was in the cards,Gypsy paths to cross,The truth of cartomancy,Forfend the reader,Ancient Egyptian origins,Fortune telling divination,Or story of untruth byIlliterate Romani tellers

Banana Smoothie

My life as a banana is sweet,People tend to love and eat me,Yet, I yearn to be something else,A delightful banana smoothie! Smoothies are cool and colorful,With sprinkles and cream on top,Add chocolate chips and strawberries,My name in lights on the shop! So, peel me and drop me in a glass,Add flavors and lesser ingredients,WhipContinue reading “Banana Smoothie”

High School 1968

Drove a ’64 Ford, maroon and gray,Cruisin’ for the girls ever’ night ‘n day,Music was a blastin’ while on the way,Young ‘n good lookin’, we were doin’ ok! Yeeee haw baby, wasn’t life so good!A wink and a pinch, ‘cause I knew I could! Nicki’s drive-in was the place to be seen,Drivin’ in circles, drinkin’Continue reading “High School 1968”

Halloween 2020

Boooo …. Hah hah hah! Witches grimoire with magic spells,Spooky stories it will tell,Incantations be believed,Ghosts and goblins, monster’s creed. Look behind you walking streets,Careful who you choose to greet,Never sure who’s friend or foe,Spirits dark with eyes that glow. Candy’s good but is it worth,Risking all from slippery birth,Dungeons, racks, and guillotines,You’ll never return,Continue reading “Halloween 2020”

Murder

Approaching quietly, I slit her throat,I laid her gently in the boat,To a stone her feet were lashed,In the water her body splashed. She asked me why I cut her throat,Dumped her body in the moat,“I knew you not”, we’d never seen,The other in the flesh or dream. Tiller firm the motor puttered,Water black asContinue reading “Murder”

unnamed

by Emily Dickinson I died for beauty, but was scarce,Adjusted in the tomb,When one who died for truth was lain,In an adjoining room. He questioned softly why I failed?“For beauty”, I replied,“And I for truth, – the two are one,We brethren are,” he said. And so, as kinsmen met a night,We talked between the rooms,UntilContinue reading “unnamed”