take me to the fair – September 1

Posted on September 4, 2016 by landl30

9.1.2016

chocolate deep fried

happiness on a

stick

 

fork me over with

a lemon scented

shandy

 

and set me home

ward from the

Fair

 

foods and family

corn-fed Minnesota

girls

 

wrapped up in a

pronto pup

newsy

 

day of joy.

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squeezing – August 27

Posted on August 31, 2016 by landl30

8.27.2016

lemon pulp vessels

burst

 

sweet tart droplets

fill

 

delight, cake, zest,

with wonder.

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especially – August 26

Posted on August 31, 2016 by landl30

8.26.2016

nightime prayers

Lord remember me

and all those I

love, hate, need

despise.

 

send your love

hold us all

even when

especially

we don’t deserve

it.

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eyeblink – August 25

Posted on August 28, 2016 by landl30

8.25.2016

the surgical light

gazes down while the

man out of sight adjusts

the tube in your arm

 

voices sound like

they’re in the next

room or maybe

a dream moment

 

except it’s your love

leaning over saying

hi honey

 

and in between

in between

an eyeblink.

 

see you darling,

see you in the

morning.

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walking with my eyes closed – August 23

Posted on August 24, 2016 by landl30

8.23.2016

walking with my eyes

closed down along

my well known

stones

 

one foot, next foot,

step right left foot

down my street

of dreams

 

where oh where

the time goes

past

maybe next I’ll

see it cast

 

on the walk that’s

never past

down my street

of dreams.

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house repairs – August 22

Posted on August 22, 2016 by landl30

8.22.2016

house repairs

fast and furious

 

as if it knew

that tuition payments

had ended.

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figure of speech – August 21

Posted on August 22, 2016 by landl30

8.21.2016

a voice on the phone

says hello I have

your results

 

all is normal

all is well, benign

no change

 

a weight disappears

that I thought

was only

a figure of speech.

 

literal lift, lightness

of shoulders

neck, arms

 

remarkable.

 

I thought it was

only words

 

like

new life.

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tests and questions – August 16

Posted on August 17, 2016 by landl30

8.16.2016

tests and questions,

forms and dots

little circles to

fill in while you

wait for procedures

 

the person next to

me is what matters

the rest is smoke

and mirrors.

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electronic oops – August 15

Posted on August 16, 2016 by landl30

8.15.2016

they spelled our

names wrong

again

 

email, twitter, face

book et al

 

how will we live

with our electronic

worlds done wrong.

 

one foot in front

of the other

with real live

people.

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songs on the way – August 11

Posted on August 13, 2016 by landl30

8.11.2016

all we go down to

the dust

yet even at the

grave

we make our song

Alleluia, Alleluia

Alleluia.

 

a plain plastic box

holds her remains

but not her soul

 

we spoke and prayed

the words for her today

and for us.

 

we all go down,

but singing

along the way.

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