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Alter Egoes

The everyman is Consumed by the need To don a new Identity Think they can be Superheroes With a mask, a cape And a new name Think that a cause Can be elevated By having some titles In groups they made And with each conflict Or obstacle, the Effects of individuals Become more residual AsContinue reading “Alter Egoes”

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Red Men

Walking through streets Of people strolling In the grey among The red that marks pain The red that tinges Others and calls attention To their struggle Or “unique” experiences Red when you bleed Under the hand of abuse Or red when the bruises On your mind resurface Everyone bleeds from grey But the redder theContinue reading “Red Men”

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Quad Skating on Mountain Highways – Journal 11/19/17

I don’t roller skate as well as I used to. Within 10 minutes of showing up to the roller rink for a college event, I fell directly onto my ass hard enough to register on the richter scale. Which is fine. I didn’t need an intact pelvis anyways. All it did really was limit myContinue reading “Quad Skating on Mountain Highways – Journal 11/19/17”

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Correction

You caught me Outside of class (Modern Conflicts) Just now Where I could tell you I had written that Poem from yesterday I promised “I’ve got to write a poem about this now.” I had said. And you jabbed About whether or not It was free verse You watched as I Formatted and Printed itContinue reading “Correction”

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Stutz Squadron

You were always trying To impress people Or subtly calling for Attention In late senior year you shaved Your head shameless And got weirder than you Had been before Your on again/off again Boyfriend deserted you In an attempt to suck out the Venom from between you two You called yourself bisexual To rebel againstContinue reading “Stutz Squadron”

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Elisabeth Ungray

It was passing period And I was walking behind you Funny how people seem so grey Until they turn to you and say “Hi” How strange it seemed to be Approached as I was coughing Like you took my ailment As a salutation But I didn’t mind much When you turned to speak And IContinue reading “Elisabeth Ungray”

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Everybody Else

Everybody Else Everyone else I used to know Some fond faces I don’t know If I’ll see Again Some cut ties Some hate or lies Among other things Deciding the reason Excisions were keeping Webs of networks apart Pacified egos Starving the soul And depriving Even simple things Like a throat To speak with EveryoneContinue reading “Everybody Else”

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