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— Recent Poems —

• He said, "I agree, want to do another?"

  by cone (i, iii, v, vii, ix, xi, xiii, xv), and jared (ii, iv, vi, viii, x, xii, xiv)

  I

  He said, "I agree, want to do another?"

  II

  "oh yeah," she says and opens with a quote by him, who responds with a quote by her

  III

  wait a minute now, that's not how this is supposed to go. She pouted a bit.

  IV

  Supposed, should, have to, must, polite, correct, expected, assumed, right, wrong, good, bad. A judgement by any other name still smells lik

  V

  e <negative anticipation>. She knew only too well that she was weak, selfish and let anxiety rule her life, and yet

  VI

  And yet maybe what she thinks was known too well, wasn't. Perhaps the real rules and who rules is yet to be discovered

  VII

  Stepping off into the Great Unknown to do all that discovering ellicits great consternation

  VIII

  Negative anticipation provokes fear and fear; great consternation. Stepping into the abyss, like keeping ones eyes open at the moment of de

  IX

  cision which fuels the astonishing progress of the headlong rush into truth, arriving at self

  X

  cision is especially powerful when used for de to make in with pre, for re and ex of, what we are not, so what remains is US

  XI

  that essential truth, the US, seems somewhat elusive; other times so very close

  XII

  The Truth is the I, inclusive of all that exists; the Truth is Love

  XIII

  how to bring truth to "Truth" is learning to love me, love others, love the discombobulation

  XIV

  Love is who and what we are, we need only let go of what is not, at deeper and deeper levels until there is nothing left but Love

  XV

  It's God's handiwork: a lesson hard to come by but throughly learned. This will change everything.
• Ghosts' fingers in the red storm light sparkle and change

  by Holly (i, ix), Kevin (ii), Tamara (iii, vii), Derek (iv), Jana (v), voluminous (vi), danellopee (viii), and Wayne (x)

  I

  Ghosts' fingers in the red storm light sparkle and change

  II

  Dazzling me with their sepulchral dance

  III

  Caring not, yet leaving me bereft of pants

  IV

  Wanting not, yet making elaborate plans

  V

  The snowman sings and dances alone.

  VI

  giggling, the little girls pounces, and scoops herself a fresh ice-cone

  VII

  I smile & close the curtains. Where my bitches at? Time for a fresh ice-bone.

  VIII

  Costco Astroglide 50 gallon drum. Foolhardy? Prescient? I couldn't say.

  IX

  My beanie baby collection, my sense of preparedness, and thee!

  X

  But Beanie batch belies brittleness because burst bubble broke bank barring bright side; looks like the kids are going to community college.
• 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"
• I was walking along in my sing-song way

  by Beth (i), Mike! (ii), Kyle (iii), kevin (iv), and Bethany (v)

  I

  I was walking along in my sing-song way

  II

  with unbuttoned vest buttons, some buttoned wrong ways

  III

  shoes torn and tattered dancing in the suns rays

  IV

  the closing moon ensocks their folds like a dryer's smell

  V

  They sleep like babes that have drank their mother's milk.
• I once was a duck

  by blahed (i), nwah (ii), Stephen (iii), and Laura (iv)

  I

  I once was a duck

  II

  But now I ain't shit

  III

  I try super hard not to forget

  IV

  But still leave home with no pants