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Day Six

9/29/2017

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Picture
Day Six

Wedgewood
Plate
Of
Sky,
Frosted
Clouds
Slipping
By,
Lift
Of
Trees
In
A
Lilting
Breeze.
Below,
Poised
To
Fly,
A
Trio
Of
Birds,
And
Me,
Swimming
In
A
Sea
Of
Words.
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Hope

9/27/2017

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Picture
Hope

On
The
Shady
Side
Of
A
Dying
Vine,
Two
Morning
Glories
Open
Rumpled
Azure
Trumpets,
The
Twin
Bells
Damp
With 
Dew.
These
Two
Remain
Of
Only 
A
Few,
The
Growth
Turned
Brown, 
And 
The 
Vine
Sank
Down,
But
Leaves
Above
Stayed
Alive
And
Blossoms
Survived.
Hallelujah!
Life,
Here’s
To
You.
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Timeline

9/25/2017

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Picture
*janussyndicate*
Timeline

Over 
The
Years,
Over
The
Cares,
Days
Climbed
Three
At
A
Time,
Like
Stairs.
Quaffed
Brim
To
Dregs,
Cracked
Like
Eggs,
Spent
By
The
Score,
Hands
Out
For
More.
Spilled
Like
Gumdrops,
Licked
Like
Lollipops.
Cut
Down
Like
Weeds,
To
Suit
My
Needs,
But
Before
I was
Done,
Time
Won,
And
It
Was
All
Like,
...
Gone.
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Augury

9/17/2017

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Picture
*Hae Kim*
Augury

Last
Night,
I dreamed
A
Legion
Of
The
Dead
Came
And
Stood
Beside
My
Bed.
School
Friends
And
Guys
I dated,
Some
I loved
And
A
Few
I hated,
Holding
In
Their
Hands
Chances
I missed,
Pursing
Pale
Lips
I once
Kissed.
One
Had
A
List
Of
Old
Regrets,
The
Sort
One
Happily
Forgets,
Mistakes
Coiled
Like
Paper
Snakes, 
In
A
Box
Made
Out
Of
Rocks.
I pulled
The
Cover
To
My
Chin
And
Before
I could
Confess
My
Past 
Had
Been
A
Mess,
They
Faded
Into
The
Dawn,
And
Left
Me
To
Carry
On,
Heedless
Fool
That
Is
Me,
A
Last
Leaf
On
The
Tree.
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Ruins

9/15/2017

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Picture
Ruins

Archeology
Makes
No
Apology
For
Digging
Up
Ancient
Tombs,
Prying
Through
Burial 
Rooms,
Unearthing
Broken
Tool
And
Shard
Without
Regard
For
Hosts
Of
Observant
Ghosts
Of
Old,
While
Searching
For
Scraps
Of
Gold
Or
Any
Clue
As
To
What
Mankind
Used
To
Do.
There
Is 
The
Crook
And
Flail
Of
Might,
Hidden
From
Sight
These
Multitude
Of 
Years,
With
Hopes
And
Fears
To
Reach
An
After
Life.
Vital
Organs
Packed
In
A
Jar,
But
They
Did
Not
Travel
Far,
Are
Found
Deep
Under
Ground,
Withered
To
Shrunken
Skin
And
Bone,
Humanly
All
Alone, 
Silent
As
Stone.
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Deluge

9/13/2017

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Picture
Deluge
 
Because
The
Water
Was
Too
Warm
And
The
Wind
Too
Strong,
The
Elemental
Balance
Went
Wrong,
And
The
Sea
Sloshed
Over
The
Land
Like
A
Spilled
Saucer
Of
Tea,
Washing
Away
Every
House
And
Tree
For
As
Far
As
One
Can
See.
Foolish
Humans,
Who
Build
On
Sand
And
Think
To
Withstand
Forces
Beyond
Scope,
Which
Know
Nothing
Of
Hope
Or
Strife,
And
Calmly
Recede
After
The
Deed
Is
Done,
And
Nature
Has
Won.
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World's End

9/11/2017

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Picture
*Michael Shapcott*
World’s End

I wish
I could
Recapture
Youth’s
Careless
Rapture,
Look
Into
The
Glass
And
See
She
Who
Once
Was
Me,
Magically
Back
Where
I used
To
Be.
That
Existence
Was
Gone
As
Soon
As
I moved
On,
But
How
Could
I know
There
Would
Be
So
Far
To
Run,
Or
That
I would
So
Soon
Be
Undone,
Lost
In
The
Daily
Strife
Of
A
Complex
Life,
And
As
I travel,
Watch
It
All
Unravel.
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September Song

9/9/2017

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Picture
*Duy Huynh* Higher Ground
September Song

Water,
Water
Everywhere,
Deeper
Than
The
Metaphor
Of
Prayer,
Washing
Homes
To
Rubble
In
A
Fetid
Bubble,
Wind
Blowing
Progress
To
Broken
Sticks,
In
Nature’s
Naughty
Tricks.
No
Car
To
Drive
To
Stay
Alive,
No
Boat
To
Float
To
Some
Safe
Shore,
No
Food
In
The
Grocery
Store,
No
Clean
Water
To
Drink,
No
Time
To
Think
As
Everything
Begins
To
Sink.
What
Now
For
Our
Lofty,
Human,
Frail
Plan,
With
Nowhere
Dry
To
Take
A
Stand?
After
A
Hurricane,
Nothing
But
Regret
Will
Remain.
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Breaking

9/7/2017

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Picture
Breaking

CNN
Gives
Me
The
Blues
With
Their
Version
Of
The
News.
They
Present
Panels
To
Discuss
The
Annals,
Two
Persons
Reasonably 
Sane,
Two
Devoid
Of
A
Brain.
It
Becomes
A
Cat
Fight,
With
Much
Hissing
And
Spitting,
Distorting
What
Little
Info
Viewers
Are
Getting.
Woe
To
The
Nation,
I grieve,
And
Change
The
Station.



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Ephemera

9/5/2017

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Picture
Ephemera

One
Morning
Glory,
Heavenly
Blue,
Peeps
Through
The
Twisted
Vine,
Shaded
From
The
Sunshine
That
Will
Wither
It
By
Noon.
Too
Soon,
Too
Soon,
To
Lose
This
Early
Burst
Of
Bloom,
That
Like
Youth,
Like
Love,
Like
Truth,
Fades
Before
We
Fully
See
How
Brief
And
Fragile
Beauty
Can
Be.
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