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o ANOTHER REFRIGERATOR POEM 7/2/2022

o A NOT-S0-SILLY ANTI-POETRY DITTY

o In And In Between The Silence 6/21/2022

o Not Alone In the Darkness (As I Once Thought I Was)

o Miss Tilt-a-World@



o Each One Of Them Is Accounted For (And Matters)

o Like Books Full Of Stories Stacked Behind Her

o Call It Grace (another Anti-poem)

o Lights Out

o Saudade: the feeling of wanting to be near someone who is far and distant

o That No One But I Will Know (anti-poetry)

o To Be In The Way

o For My Brother T. J. ( 7/15/2022)

o That Once Respite Cave

o Dr. Frankenstein's Surprise (Re-Galvanized)

o A Stranger In a Strange And Angry Land.

o Crimson Lake (From 2008, flashing forward to 2022/April 19)

o Words Being Yours...Until The Grave 4/23/2022

o The Fire Once Within Goes Cold From Lack

o Summer Storms / Electric Monsters

o Your Candle Burning In the Wind

o On Sunny Days , As I Pose For The Skies 3/17/2022

o You Are Not What You Think 3/7/2022 11:56Pm PST

o We'll Decide That For YOU

o Fisherman's Woman's Lament

o That Time Love Took Off Running On Its Achilles Heels....

o VALENTINE--WITHOUT YOU 2/19/2022

o His Bitter Chocolate Heart (refrigerator magnet poem)

o THE HOOVER DAM/NEWLY RE-CONSTRUCTED 2/19/2022

o Tender Love New And Quick...

o I COULD BECOME SOME KIND OF LUCKY 2/19/2022

o UN-THREAD THE NEEDLE (OF TIME)



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THE GLASS BETWEEN MY SELVES

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IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN STARTLED

BY YOUR OWN REFLECTION IN THE GLASS

URGED ON FIRST BY AN UNQUENCHABLE THIRST

FOR A GLASS OF WATER

(FROM THE KITCHEN)


THE OTHER SELF GAZING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE

THE SUDDEN LIGHT FLASHING OVERHEAD AS A SWITCH IS FLIPPED ON

OVERHEAD IN YOUR HEAD


I HAVE STOOD ROOTED TO THE SPOT

MY BLOOD ICED OVER

GOOGLE-EYED AND MY MOUTH

FROZEN INTO A PERMANENT "O"


DID I SUDDENLY SPLIT

BECOME TWO-PERSONED

ONE OF ME GAZING IN FROM THE OUTSIDE

THE OTHER GAZING OUT FROM WITHIN...

AND WHO'S FINDING HER WAY???


DID THE WINDOW BECOME A TESS-ERECT

AN OPEN WINDOW

THE MEAN TO DISCOVER THE IMPLAUSIBLE?

TIME TRAVELING IN THE GLASS

BETWEEN MY SELVES.


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