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The Coast

“I’ve packed my bags plenty of times.  I’ve played Houston in the Summer, and Buffalo in the winter. My friend tells me, “Where ever you go…there you are.”   Cleveland seems OK.  There are places I would rather be.   Two words paint a picture when I say them… “The Coast”. Look at the population.  Most of

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Sandman’s Blues

Sandman’s Blues   a sweaty mess of insomnia falls into bed shaken inner child finds no peace there is no time limit in a haunted house old covers pulled tight until morning   shaken inner child finds no serenity trazadone and melatonin tonight’s alchemy old covers pulled tight until morning spirits push cruelty into high-def

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Nutrition

Nutrition   it all started with grocery shopping lists overconfidence in memorizing what I need it all exists in my foolproof synapses still come home to find I am out of milk   overconfidence in memorizing what I need pen to scrap paper with edible words still come home to find I am out of

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Full Circle

Full Circle     I pray for you a million times anger and fear still bubble in my heart for you hold up a mirror to my flaws nightly wicked dreams of retaliation   anger and fear still bubble in my heart dagger of betrayal plunged deep nightly wicked dreams of retaliation no band-aid for

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Off Road

Off Road   a place where things vanish hopeless in a search for new life spin across this planet like a fireball consumer lost in a trajectory   hopeless in a search for new life discover abandoned shoe on path consumer lost in a trajectory disposable remnants of human beings   discover abandoned shoe on

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For Marilyn

For Marilyn   Canadian cousin maple leaf heart pumping love April fool teaching comedy with self-deprecation and Leonard Cohen soul songstress with sisters harmony of friends poetry of patience revealing a peak behind the family curtain epigenetic mental illness takes its toll long before the dawn of reason salvation studio paint and easel wait for

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