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mountain man Jeremiah Johnson
hunted goose, moose and man
but ate only livers from Crows
obstrusively gruesome
she stops in her tracks
crows overhead, she cries caw-caw
baby mountain girl
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she stops in her tracks
crows overhead, she cries caw-caw
baby mountain girl
she drops on her knees
crowns my head, she cries oh-baby
mountain oyster pearl
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she drops on her knees
crowns my head, she cries oh-baby
mountain oyster pearl
knees muddy and scratched
she stands up slowly, uncurling
vertebra by vertebra
straightening her crown she moves on
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knees muddy and scratched
she stands up slowly, uncurling
vertebra by vertebra
straightening her crown she moves on
the empress has no clothes
but wears her crown
victorious and replete
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dentist drills,
crowns her front tooth
a shade darker--
no victory
I'll be there in a minute.
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dentist drills,
crowns her front tooth
a shade darker--
no victory
not thrilled with drills
or canine’s bite, yet
ache for my dentist
and dad so much!
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not thrilled with drills
or canine’s bite, yet
ache for my dentist
and dad so much!
dad's grin hangs in my mirror
settling ache to a dull hum
keeping my heart open
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(09-16-2013, 10:44 PM)ellajam Wrote: not thrilled with drills
or canine’s bite, yet
ache for my dentist
and dad so much!
dad's grin hangs in my mirror
settling ache to a dull hum
keeping my heart open
That's beautiful, I am a little choked up...
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(09-16-2013, 10:53 PM)ChristopherSea Wrote: (09-16-2013, 10:44 PM)ellajam Wrote: not thrilled with drills
or canine’s bite, yet
ache for my dentist
and dad so much!
dad's grin hangs in my mirror
settling ache to a dull hum
keeping my heart open
That's beautiful, I am a little choked up...
 Sorry, I'll try to be more fun,
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No, I am grateful that you and newsclippings got me thinking about Dad.
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dad's grin hangs in my mirror
settling ache to a dull hum
keeping my heart open
quicksilver pool
swallowed my youth
mirror, mirror, most unfair
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quicksilver pool
swallowed my youth
mirror, mirror, most unfair
Though no longer a youth
I've still got my teeth
It's still me in the mirror
At least underneath
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Though no longer a youth
I've still got my teeth
It's still me in the mirror
At least underneath
Underneath the mirror
a new set of teeth ~
Sleeping bat.
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Underneath the mirror
a new set of teeth ~
Sleeping bat.
Sleeping bats
mid-September chances gone
stadium emptied
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Sleeping bats
mid-September chances gone
stadium emptied
Wake up you
silly sleeping ding-bats
it's Autumn training for Halloween
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Wake up you
silly sleeping ding-bats
it's Autumn training for Halloween
Stop rubbing,
You silly ball-sacks,
it's Gold Bond season
I'll be there in a minute.
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Stop rubbing,
You silly ball-sacks,
it's Gold Bond season
Nuts dry-roasted
crushed and sacked
dangling over Uranus marred
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Nuts dry-roasted
crushed and sacked
dangling over Uranus marred
a never ending parade
of nuts passes through
good sense dangles on a thread
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a never ending parade
of nuts passes through
good sense dangles on a thread
nuts through needle's eye
the woman who doesn't shop
has less sense of success
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nuts through needle's eye
the woman who doesn't shop
has less sense of success
chestnut holocaust
while Christmas shopping
roasting gone foul
made Ginsburg “Howl”
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