Lmst

happiness
on which side
of the bridge?
#whistpr

rainbow trout
all this fuss
about DEI
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"just a gander"
fast-forward to two hours
in a bookstore
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so excited
to start my work week
I press the snooze button
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warm Spring night
the shadows
have wings
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meteor shower
moths fluttering
under a streetlight
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visiting the homeland
I trip over
my roots
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a timid smile
she doesn't remember
my name
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pest control
I unfriend
a former colleague
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brave new world
learning of a friend's passing
on social media
#whistpr

last train home
the billboard model's
magic marker mustache
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gray and serene
a salt marsh
in the rain
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hours before dawn
a chirping
smoke detector
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crossing the bridge
a violin
becomes a fiddle
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writer's block
the skyscraper landscape
of my dreams
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unfinished footbridge
now a lovely poem
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talk of politics
perilously close
to the third rail
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#vsspoem #whistpr
Bet that #hurt
Boy did he #sing
She got em good
His bell did ring

Was that a rock
Bet that hurt
She's got good aim
Poor ole Burt

What'd she say
Damn he's drunk
Might not hurt
He needs a dunk

He better stop
That damn flirtin
His wife ain't jokin
Bet it will keep hurtin

upon reflection,
I, too, flew damn close to the sun
once.

and, still,
I mend these wings.

#whistpr