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  FGAQ: Poetry Corner
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Saturday, January 24, 2004

 Could This Be My Lucky Day?

Could this be my lucky day?

A spider crawled across my back.

My good luck coins, they jingle in my pocket.

A bee has flown into my house. Prepare for the visitor. I feel volatile. I cannot kill the bee. At last it flies out on it’s own accord.

I saw that she had laid her hat upon the bed…

Thirsty, I leaned against the screen door of the back porch, trying to fit into the little spot of shade. Work, a little work, there was still a little work to be had, and I leveled the weeds on the northern bank of the Bartleson house, fifteen minutes it took me, maybe twenty, but it was plenty hot in the unprotected sun.

Will Work For Water.

And I get so lucky July twelve, Misses Bartleson, she gives me a case, and dried fruit as well.

The old man’s passed on and she’s ready to move on out herself, just hadn’t had the energy to make the effort.

There's an old saying that you teach what you need to learn. Good fortune comes to those who ask for it by name.


6:47:27 PM    comment []

 

Excuses I Haven't Used, Yet

Inertia in my fingertips (I cannot find my Poly-Grip)
My SansaBelt Pants will not zip, and I am late for work.
Take a pill and then another
Then another
Then another.
Shout out to the Holy Mother, I am late for work.

Take a quick look at the news, the Palestinians and Jews,
The president is hiding clues, and I am late for work.
Take a pill and then another
Then another
Then another
Mail an excuse to Big Brother, 'Why I am Late for Work.'

"I was working on my blog, and then I had to walk the dog,
(A special breed - he comes from Prague - that's why I'm late for work)."
Take a pill and then another
Then another
Then another
"Tortured thoughts of Tina Yothers made me late for work."


12:20:57 PM    comment []

 


You, Seeking Me

A few bits and pieces.

A few words in seemingly random order.

You found me. Did you want me?

I think you did.

Everything is accident,

Coincidence,

Right on time and wrought with meaning.

Did you catch it?
 

Sometimes you google on my name.

Hi! Hi! Hi!

That's when I know that you want ME.

We have a special bond, you and I.

You get to poke around my place

And sometimes even see my face,

And me,

I know I'm loved.

Everything is accident,

Coincidence,

Right on time and wrought with meaning.


12:10:31 PM    comment []

 
WheelsFallOff

When the white shows up in their eyes.
When the sun stands still in the sky.
Joshua and Gold and Ruin.

When the words run far beyond us
   not set free,
but
   when the words cease to work our will, and only pull us down.

That is when we ride, chaffing our thighs on the backs of unknown animals, embarrassed by our shabby clothes, and in our shell of mottled blues and aqua tone and reds       

       we place our bets, knowing we will lose.


12:09:11 PM    comment []



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