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There is not a muscle or structure in the body that has a more keenly developed sense of alertness and ability to accommodate itself to varying situations. It is like the goalie in hockey…always alert. They say man has succeeded where the animals fail because of the clever use of his hands yet, when compared…
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Another computer generated poem–obviously less-sophisticated program… Once More, My Love This night I shall dream of your bedazzling green hair and panther-eyes. Wrapped in echoes of your mellifluous arm-music, I long to sip from your mangoful lips. In my dreams,we fly on the exquisite winged eggplant of redness skimming vast continents of elbows and horses.…
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I Am I am curious and afraid I wonder what life has in store for me I hear the sound of church bells I see dragons in flight I want to love and be loved I am curious and afraid I pretend to know a lot I feel elated I touch your soul I worry…
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I’ve always wanted To use The word Onomatopoeia In a meaningful sentence. Oh, guess I just did! Never mind. (c) 2011 BT
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Bad dreams Nightmares A teenage boy Refrigerators Full of blood Fear (Don’t let them see) Responsibility Car bomb Six or more patients coming Type and cross Twenty units Ambulance arrives No lights No siren Hands, feet, torsos, heads Delivered in makeshift stretchers Made from olive drab blankets No survivors The job has shifted From saving…
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Trapped in a tunnel Light at the end Gets smaller And dimmer Options narrowing Faint musky odor Air neither cold Nor warm Stagnant Invisible things move Slithering, slinking Shadow beings Never quite visible Standing still Heart pounding Audible Above the dull silence Senses dulled Disoriented No pain No fear No joy No anger No peace…
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I open my heart and soul to you At the risk of injury and pain Worthwhile regardless of outcome Love or loneliness Either a growing experience That is life. (C)2009 BT
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A cabin In the mountains Quiet, serene. Visits From friends Or strangers In search of healing All who visit Sincere in their intent Bathing in the stream Rituals Incantations Spiritual energy Walking with the animals Soaring with the birds Swimming with the fish Crawling with bugs and snakes Rising With the sun Sleeping Under the…
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Eight rigid inches Of cold Steel Plunge Through the sun warmed crust Into the soft moist Material below Earthy, fragrant, subtly fecal Each stroke removing A bit of living material Insects, worms, fungi The opening Enlarged By mechanical force Cool air circulates A small bird Shares words of wisdom With the world A cock crows…
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She is there Within the text Palpable She is there On the phone Youthful, exuberant She is there In the pixels Energizing smile Sparkling eyes She is there In collective consciousness Loving, accepting An evolved being Soul Drawn Like moth to flame Brain Analyzes Will there be love? Will there be pain? Will she be…
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