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Ambition

6/30/2018

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*Angel 4* Acrylic On Canvas 36" H X 24" W
Ambition

Don’t
Says
Won’t,
Can’t
Warns
Shan’t.
Will,
Vows
Thrill,
Must,
Or
Turn
To
Dust.
No
Gain
Cries
Brain,
Please
Start
Weeps
Heart,
As
Once
Again,
I try
To
Fly.
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Desire

6/28/2018

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*Profile 3* Acrylic On Canvas 30" H X 24" W
Desire

I love
To
Look
At
Him,
His 
Figure
Trim,
His 
Stride
Long.
His
Voice 
A
Song,
He
Seems
To
Shine,
But
He
Is
Not
Mine.
He
Is
Quite
Tall,
His
Clothes
Put
Me
In
Thrall,
His
Eyes
Are
True
Blue, 
His 
Hair
Is
Fair.
In
The
Night
I call,
But
My
Voice
Is
Too
Small.
Only
For
Him
I pine,
Even
Though
He
Is
Not
Mine.
Were
He 
In
My
Reach,
I would
Eat
Him
Like
A
Ripe
Peach,
Drink
Him
Like
Wine
In
A
Crystal
Glass,
Swallow
Him
Like
Star
Shine.
Alas,
He
Is
Not
Mine.
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Late June

6/26/2018

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Late June

Hot
And
Dry
Under
A
Bleached
Denim
Sky.
Sparrows
Shelter
Under
The
Narrow
Mimosa
Leaves,
While
We
Swelter
And
The
Willow
Grieves
The
Untimely
Lack
Of
Rain,
Waiting
For
Moisture
To
Come
Again.
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Draft Horse

6/24/2018

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Draft Horse

Weary
To
The
Bone,
Attempting
To
Hone
Night
And
Day
A
MS
Of
74K.
My
Editor
Is
Sharp 
Of
Eye
And
Writing
Tool,
And
I’m
An
Ungrammatical
Fool.
My
Back
Is
Tired
From
Perching,
Like
Cratchit,
On
My
Stool.
As
I ponder
Dickens,
Master
Of
His
Art
And
Hero
To
Me,
Far
Better
At
The
Game,
To
My
Literary
Shame,
Than
I’ll
Ever
Be.
Write
On,
As
It’s
Said,
Until
It’s
Fit
To
Be
Read.
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Genocide

6/22/2018

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Genocide

“We
Have
An
Obligation
As
A
Nation”,
Say
The
Soulless
Republicans,
“To
Shut
Our
Door”,
So
They
Jail
Helpless
Infants
And
The
Frail
Poor.
It
Is
A
Heinous,
Immoral
Sin
To
Make
This
Country
Nazi
Berlin,
Close
The
Border
By
Executive
Order
And
Open
The
Gate 
To
Such
Evil
Hate.
You
Know
What
You 
Must
Do.
For
Better
Or
Worse,
Remove
This
Curse,
And
Vote
Blue.
Lift
Your
Voice,
It’s
Your 
Sacred
Choice.
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Maintenance 101

6/20/2018

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Maintenance 101
 
Have
Been
Repairing
A
Hole
In
The
Wall
Of
My
Master
Bath
That
Went
Right
Through
To
The
Lathe.
The
Dumb
Ass
Former
Owner
Gave
It
A
Pass,
Hung
A
Heavy
Mirror
Over
The
Spot,
And
Guess
What?
I tried
To
Replace
It,
And
Lo,
Was
Left
To
Face
A
Pit
Deeper
Than
Hell.
Oh,
Well.
I’ve
Learned
To
Tackle
Wallboard
Patches,
Sanding
Blocks
And
Lovely
Spackle.
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The Suicide

6/18/2018

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*Anamarija Obradovic*
The Suicide

So,
You 
Have
Elected
Death,
And
Quenched
Your 
Own 
Breath.
Friends
Mourn,
But
Not
Me,
I cannot
See
The
Pity
For
The
Shame
You
Have
Brought
Upon
Your
Name.
You
Had
Riches
And
Sweet
Fame,
Love
And
Glory
And
A
Hard
Won
Story,
But
You
Pouted
And
Doubted
The
Worth
Of
This
Earth,
And
Fool,
Judged
It
Cruel.
As
The
Poet
Said,
“Thou
Hadst
Thy
Task,
And
Laidst
It
By”.
Selfish
To
The
End,
You
Chose
To
Die,
And
I,
For
One,
Refuse
To
Cry.


*Quote from Edna St. Vincent Millay*
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Shower

6/16/2018

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*Warren Keating*
Shower

Rain
At
Last,
Steady
And
Slow,
To
Perhaps 
Coax
My
Lazy
Brown
Grass
To
Grow,
And
Nourish
My
Corner
Of
New
Mexico,
Stuck
For
Months
In
A
Desert
Drought,
With
Scant
Hope
To
Climb
Out.
Now
The
Wind
Has
Changed,
The
Clouds
Have
Rearranged,
And
Sweet
Moisture
Has
Come
To
Call,
In
A
Welcome,
Misty
Fall.

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Lit-Ra-Ture

6/14/2018

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Lit-Ra-Ture

I love
To
Edit.
My
Manuscript
Improves
Each
Time
I’ve
Read
It
And
Fixed
What
Wasn’t
Clear.
I don’t
Care
If
It
Takes
All
Year.
Satisfied
At
Last,
Objections
And
Corrections
Passed,
I send
It
Off
With
Loving
Hope,
Sorry
It’s
Gone,
And
After
An
Eon,
Receive
A
Resounding
“Nope”.
I sigh,
Wipe
A
Tear
From
My
Eye,
And
Begin
Again.
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Pop Cycle

6/12/2018

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Pop Cycle

My
Neighbor
Has
A
Guest
Who
Wears
A
Harley
Davidson
Emblem
On
Her
Imposing
Chest. 
In
The
Back
Of 
Her
Black
Pickup
Truck 
Is
Lashed
A
Massive
Bike
She
Must
Like,
All
Gleaming
Chrome,
Which
She 
Has
Carried
From
Some
Far
Off
Home.
Myself,
I cannot
Think
Why
Anyone
Would
Put
Their
Body
On
The
Brink,
Goad
Fate
And
Ride
That
Monster
Straight
Toward
Hell,
But
Well,
She
Has
To
Justify
Such 
Senseless
Expense,
Go
Out
On
The
Road
And
Try
To
Die,
And
Never
Wonder
Why.
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