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— Recent Poems —

• And I still don't know what to make of your friendship

  by cone (i, iii, v, vii, ix, xi), and lex (ii, iv, vi, viii, x, xii)

  I

  And I still don't know what to make of your friendship

  II

  Shadow? Facet? A more splendid version of who we are?

  III

  This change is thrilling; the leap unknown but comforting somehow

  IV

  Letting go means having hands empty to receive what's next

  V

  Awakening like Spring full of surprising feelings and longings

  VI

  Created new as buds of emotion holding the flower’s promise

  VII

  Smiling from deep within and truly relishing the moment

  VIII

  and smiling more seeing ahead to joys ever unfolding

  IX

  The realization of happiness feels almost foreign and yet

  X

  so true as to have been merely lain aside, but was always at hand

  XI

  so ready, so willing; a synergy like nothing I've ever experienced

  XII

  together we are the best of each other and yet something so much more
• Lifeless puppet, no hand inside the sock

  by hork (i), Holly (ii, vi), Jana (iii), Wayne (iv), Kevin (v), voluminous (vii), and danellopee (viii)

  I

  Lifeless puppet, no hand inside the sock

  II

  Muppet. Moppet. Marionette. Rife with metaphor.

  III

  Chocolate chips and pickup sticks; life is such a bore.

  IV

  Boredom spread in Facebook thread; new Mafia War.

  V

  This was nothing like the MySpace that had come before

  VI

  Pink squeaker toys for dogs can only be so cute before they get creepy

  VII

  but consequences be damned, the loofah just seemed to *fit*

  VIII

  Now to conjure a convincing story for the Urgent Care doctor…
• Open your eyes, I have something to say

  by Matthew (i), Trey (ii), Kevin (iii), and Holly (iv)

  I

  Open your eyes, I have something to say

  II

  After I've said it, we'll roll in the hay

  III

  We'll find the needle that completes this search

  IV

  Molten metal beneath in the hearts of haystack fires
• Humming a song I didn't know

  by Julie (i), Brooke (ii), Charles (iii), Lori (iv), and Amy (v)

  I

  Humming a song I didn't know

  II

  I looked around me and laughed

  III

  Stepping on stage for the first time

  IV

  It's now or never. My time to shine

  V

  "Good times come with wine that is fine"
• Cheetos on the street

  by Rob (i, vi), James (ii, v), blahed (iii), nwah (iv), Andy (vii), Jackson (viii), Josiah (ix), and Meredith (x)

  I

  Cheetos on the street

  II

  new shoes on my feet

  III

  one day I found some wheat

  IV

  with a beat

  V

  make some time to meet

  VI

  Baby hook me up with some Deets!

  VII

  Rocking out to some beats

  VIII

  Wearing a scarf, a cane, and a jaunty hat

  IX

  propane, lidocane, summoning HASMAT

  X

  Smiled, the isle of my dreams