tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-102855432024-03-23T11:11:59.299-07:00Sista Seussbecause sometimes in order to deal with the pain
you have to point fingers, or even name names,
which can make you feel better, or feel worse no doubt,
but this blog keeps me off the shrinks big comfy couch!!Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.comBlogger563125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-2162868807569499072020-08-03T17:49:00.001-07:002020-08-03T17:49:43.641-07:00The Recipe<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/leW9v9viSIM" width="480"></iframe>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-2260614698138511842020-04-07T11:16:00.001-07:002020-04-07T11:16:05.067-07:00Skipping Stones #6<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/r8d3FDONkHQ" width="480"></iframe>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-51769103747729118792020-04-07T11:05:00.001-07:002020-04-07T11:05:54.936-07:00What Lonely Looks Like #4<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7uAvbdzkf9c" width="480"></iframe>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-72728911445216913122020-04-04T17:04:00.001-07:002020-04-04T17:04:46.871-07:00Off Kilter World 2005<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1RB3SaGHkn8" width="480"></iframe>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-60685836902094775412020-04-03T14:54:00.001-07:002020-04-03T14:54:26.980-07:00Compunction - A Poem a Day #3<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="270" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4CjacZxUaX0" width="480"></iframe><br />
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day screensaver on my computer. Compunction means, </span><span style="background: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;">a feeling of
uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience caused by regret for doing wrong or
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Happy National Poetry Month Day 2<br />
Unlit from After This We Go Dark published by Sibling Rivalry Press<br />
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On the tenth day of May, at an HBCU<br />
in the heat of the gowns and the chill of the crowds<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline; font-family: inherit;"><br />Betsy sauntered right in and changed all their moods.<br />They were graduating and had no time for fools, that's when<br />Betsy heard a noise, a very loud BOO!</span></div>
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She looked at Omarosa, who she thought had her back.<br />
She didn’t think she’d be hassled if she brought her friend, black.<br />
But the graduates wasn’t having it was their damn day first!<br />
They didn’t earn a degree to have their celebration cursed!<br />
If she could shyt on their day they could shyt on hers too.<br />
They turned their back, and gave another loud round of boo!</div>
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So this part’s in my brain, specifically my mind,<br />
and because I'm fresh out of fucks, it may come off unkind.<br />
I imagine the graduates saw their HBCU, not on their side.<br />
I mean have you forgotten the administration where this woman resides?<br />
Did you hear all the cuts propose to attack students at risk?<br />
Did you forget that all your students/ graduates look just like this?</div>
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Did you forget how she questioned if funding black was constitutional?<br />
Should you have consider a speaker who attended an HBCU, or am I just delusional?<br />
Did you consider for a moment that her intention might be fake?<br />
Did she offer you incentives? Is it money that you’ll make?<br />
I imagine your graduates were fresh out of fucks too,<br />
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The threat to mail their diplomas as if they didn’t earn their day?<br />
To forget that this administration on last week threaten to take funding away?<br />
I only hope that one of those graduates gets it in his/her/or they minds,<br />
to take your job, cause it might be about time.<br />
The fact that you as educator would invite a living diss,<br />
all that teaching, but their educators haven't learned shyt.</div>
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And if Trump and Betsy gets the chance to take funding away,<br />
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<span style="color: #4b4f56; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That was the third time. </span></span></div>
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<span data-offset-key="4ka38-0-0" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Free dryer with no threat of Karma coming back at me and if this person's drawer came up several hundred dollars short, she brought that shyt on herself three times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #4b4f56; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's a good policy with stuff, but I gotta not do it with my heart. Gotta try something new there.</span></span></div>
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Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-71281807462095491192017-04-27T21:12:00.000-07:002017-04-27T21:20:58.576-07:0018/30 Sweet<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of making me laugh </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">celebrating the little things </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I cleaned my room without being told </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he says </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the way he explains how cake </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it's even better </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he is not over exposed to sweets </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but when it comes to cake he </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">can not stop himself </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a self proclaimed cake connoisseur </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he takes every slice seriously </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it has become a thing we do </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">at least once a month </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">where we seek out new cake </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to try </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">over conversations </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">being a teenage boy </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and girls </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my favorite cake with him </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">all I heard was</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mom I love you so much </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and thank you</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we indulge on our cake dates </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">because we enjoy </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to sweet </span>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-60175664594705457602017-04-27T20:55:00.002-07:002017-04-27T20:56:42.361-07:0017/30 Jazz<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">makes me think of dancing </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">under a moon </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not quite full </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but it wants to be a kiss on the mouth </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">holding hands </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">taking over the world </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">tickling keys </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">drums in the background </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a steady beat </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">dancing tongues </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the morning comes sooner than expected </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the sky lightens </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">but we keep moving </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">mellow and magic </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the best of all the feelings </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the motion more mysterious </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we move </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like if we keep dancing the way we do</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">morning won't come </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">we won't have to stop </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">go back to the mundane </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">everyday existence </span></div>
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Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-91834404058306574952017-04-27T20:46:00.000-07:002017-04-27T20:46:22.246-07:0016/30 Singe<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the morning after I wrote you </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">the doubt of how much to say</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">clouded my thoughts just enough</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my tongue freed up by my pen </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I said more than I thought possible</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how could I write about this</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I think </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">how can the words come so easy on paper</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">an an envelope with a stamp</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">not from a body standing in front of another body</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">so, I wrote</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about the love and fear of love </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lost in translation </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about the fire </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">lodged in my throat </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">about the way </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you only see me in pieces </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">crack in the foundations </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and crumbling wall </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I told you the story of how </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I was once a dragon lady </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my job to keep everything out </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">burn it away with my flaming tongue </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I don't miss those days </span></div>
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-20639270510366329562017-04-27T20:01:00.000-07:002017-04-27T20:01:36.161-07:0015/30 Winter<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Years ago I hid behind my fear </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they pleaded for acceptance </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my fear refused to set my tongue free. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So I watched you go, made sure to cut all ties. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was the only way to protect my heart from you. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The potential devastation was too much for me to step into. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I still mourn you in winter when the cold creeps in </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">you are the chill in the room. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The silver box, a gift given to me by an uncle </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">who convinced me that what ever dream I place inside </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Would come true. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The same uncle who on Christmas Eve </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Broadcasted Santa's demise </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a crashed into the Gateway Arch,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When he spoke of dreams though, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">his eyes held that wicked gleam </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">so I believed when he said, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"You can't go looking for it," </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he warned, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"it will find you when you least expect it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just speak the dream into the box and wait. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Dreams like to surprise you when they come true." </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believed him until I was ten. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The year I turned ten a boy I liked died. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He went fishing with his father and his father,'s father, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">he was the only one not wearing a lifejacket </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">when the boat capsized. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had never been to a funeral before, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">never dreamed the young </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">could die so young. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His dreams would never come true </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whether he placed them in my silver box </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or the box that would be his home </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">underground.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I had a turtle named Snapper. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know cleaver. His carapace, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a smooth green with yellow stripes. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was the first pet I had that was considered my own. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I never let him mingle with the family pets, I</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">afraid the dog would eat him</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">while the cat could care less. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I'm pretty sure the cat believed us to be his pets. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I took him to show and tell once. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The bully boy in my class </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">poked him with a pencil. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I jumped on him. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Won my first fight </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My turtle died three days later. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My classmates made an altar for him. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In my childhood neighborhood </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">there was a dog fenced at the corner house. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">His growls would appear in dreams some nights. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One day, after serving detention,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I barked back at the dog </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">My eyes bulged wide as he stopped mid bark </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">He chased and barked. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fumbling for my key I tripped up the stairs </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Knocked the air out of my lungs </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The growling dog stood over me </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I replayed my terror</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">still feared the dog </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sure that the next time he </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">would not hesitate to bite.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When she called me a mermaid </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I felt powerful </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">like my breath would always be in my body </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in or out of water. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I found a mermaid charm </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">sewed her into my hair to remind myself </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I can swim anywhere. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It reminds me of her on the days that I twist my locs, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or when it passes my eye, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or on any Tuesday in winter.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A sure sign I'm nervous is if I twist my rings, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or talk too fast, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or walk, or sing, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or breathe, or eat apples, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or clean my car, or write a poem, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or, or, or. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Basically I'm always nervous </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I believe it's because I care.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I still have the silver box. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And while I do not believe it makes dreams come true, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I place my heart inside in hopes that if it ever finds </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">brown eyes or full lips, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or the memories of a dead boy </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">maybe when I find the love </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I long to give </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">my heart to in the open. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will let my future lover find it. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Which means, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will put it in her path. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We will open it together </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I will no longer be hidden. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe it will happen on a Tuesday </span></div>
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-68881269014823151372017-04-27T19:05:00.000-07:002017-04-27T19:10:35.670-07:0014/30 Stray<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By day three, I used the doggie door, even though I am a cat. It was early in the morning and the grass was wet. I never liked walking in wet grass but I was hungry and my instincts drew me to the woods behind the house. I heard so many things, all of them sounding like something to eat. I crouched to listen closer. When the mouse ran by I pounced. I had never pounced before. I learned that day what my claws were for, why my teeth were shaped the way they are shaped. I wondered while I ate what I had been eating? No part of this meal was crunch or cold, but warm and blood and filling. I ate it all in one feeding. Licking my paws clean after, was a celebration.I feel asleep in a dapple of light with the knowledge that I could feed myself better than the one with long fingers..</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 9.5pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">By day five I ventured so far away from the doggie door and encountered so many delicious things I had no desire to go back. I couldn't go back to the crunchy cold meals, when I had the feeling of slicing open prey coursing through me. I dined on rats, birds, chipmunks and other things that might not sound as appetizing. I fell asleep every night in a new place belly full and satisfied.</span></div>
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-80742906275620695492017-04-22T10:51:00.001-07:002017-04-22T10:51:05.708-07:0013/30 RisingI can feel them trying to come <div>the prickle the sting </div><div>prying their way from me </div><div>escape attempt</div><div><br></div><div>but I refuse to let them fall </div><div>let them make this moment more erasure </div><div>than it already is </div><div><br></div><div>I hold them a talisman </div><div>breath </div><div>I hold that too as </div><div>long as I can </div><div>one exhale on the wrong side of mourning </div><div>could drown me deeper than the last time </div><div><br></div><div>so I hold them in </div><div>the shudder of my chest </div><div>a reminder of what happens </div><div>when your heart turns library </div><div>loaned out to diinterested readers </div><div>who care more about the cliff notes </div><div>less about the story </div><div><br></div><div>everyone has </div><div>only few read it back to themselves </div><div>stuck on the same pages </div><div>reliving past transgressions </div><div>like a recipe to find something </div><div>that was always lost </div><div>even in the retelling </div><div><br></div><div>they are still burning for release</div><div>but </div><div>if I let one fall </div><div>they will all cue up</div><div>fall forever </div><div><br></div><div>I think </div><div>best to hold them in </div><div>at least until this wave passes </div><div>store them up </div><div>to water something </div><div>that might possibly grow</div>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-13782669095371961492017-04-21T17:53:00.001-07:002017-04-23T10:45:47.624-07:0012/30 For the Love of God and Everything Holy, Body, It's Bread. We Love That shit!<br />
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I have occupied this body for a very long time<br />
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and there are some betrayals I expect </div>
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some of these balance themselves out </div>
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menstruation for menopause </div>
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200 bucks yearly flushed away for decades, </div>
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saved </div>
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in some account I call </div>
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have fun not babies no more </div>
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the stretch marks that replaced smooth skin </div>
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I rationalized that one away </div>
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called it a road map to places traveled </div>
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called it the bumps along the way taught me </div>
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how to navigate better </div>
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called it braille for a lovers touch </div>
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this geographic tongue </div>
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I rationalized it called it </div>
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your tongue has tasted too much bitter </div>
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now time for all the sweet </div>
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called it all the kissing tastes better </div>
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called it whoever, </div>
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whatever you put in your mouth is savored </div>
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in a way that confuses the alphabet </div>
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when my body starts doing the strange</div>
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a random elbow rash, </div>
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the phuck? </div>
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bizarre pinking around the eyes and swelling lips </div>
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the hell?</div>
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clearly an allergic reaction </div>
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but to what I think</div>
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I don't ask my body </div>
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she's on some other shit right now </div>
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if she doin what I think she's doin</div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">the last time I asked my body </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">if I was really allergic to something</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">let's call them oranges </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">because I love oranges </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">and their cousins all things citrus </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">my body said </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">"</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">yes, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">yes, Theresa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">you are allergic to oranges"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I said, "not today body, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">not today" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">to show her, I ate a bag of oranges </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">yeah, I ran a little fever and the rash went away</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">eventually</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">but in the way off all vaccinations </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">you give yourself a bit of the poison </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">your body will provide a defense, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I am no longer allergic to oranges </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I am however still allergic to the peels </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">so I can't peel those fucker</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">but I will eat them all </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">cause my skin does it's own thing and since </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">it is the largest of all the organs </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I let her do her what she do</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">mostly </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">but last week, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">last week I noticed the elbow rash </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">pink rash around my eyes and lips </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">thought, oh hell no </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">so like the orange experiment </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I ate all the bread, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">it got worst so </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I denied myself all things delicious </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">for 24 hours </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">the symptoms calmed </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I went out for dinner </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I want the biggest fucking burger you have </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">and it was OK the first few bites </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">by bite five </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">my lips started burning the swelling began</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">my elbows were itching as if </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">they could scratch themselves </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I remained calm, resisted the urge to </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">drop to my knees and scream to the heavens </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">"Noooooo, bread! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Has thou forsaken me? </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Does thee doubt my love </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">my devotion you fickle ass delicious lover" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">but bread </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I knew bread wouldn't hear me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">she always cheating up in here on everybody's plate</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">right in front of me</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">besides my friend works at this restaurant </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">hey Anisa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">it would have been weird </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">and my allergicness to possible police involvement </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">is one I have no issue with</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">so, the scene happened in my head, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">loudly </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">as I wondered if it was just bread, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">prayed lord, let it be just bread</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">next week the beer experiment </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">but in the mean time, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">I found this gluten free vodka, his name is Tito, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">as I mourn my lover bread</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">Tito, tonight he has got my back</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue light" , , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif;">unlike this body</span></div>
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-14608039165998772802017-04-20T13:13:00.000-07:002017-04-20T13:15:23.129-07:0010/30 Double Tap<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">floating away in a desire that </span></div>
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-44664724371458232362017-04-20T13:12:00.000-07:002017-04-20T13:12:09.224-07:009/30 Strike(Some of my 30/30 are poems written years ago finally reworked or edited. This is one of those.)<br />
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Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-69441936458184843552017-04-16T07:49:00.000-07:002017-04-16T08:48:50.198-07:008/30 Spacethe world is not a safe space<br />
never has been<br />
never will be<br />
<br />
ask Afghanistan<br />
ask the homeless<br />
ask the countless missing women<br />
no one is looking for<br />
<br />
in thought it makes sense<br />
it has no place in reality<br />
no one person has the answers<br />
so we are stuck in those places<br />
where stuck things live<br />
where memory fails<br />
and history pretends it never happened<br />
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i remember a dream<br />
that wasn't a dream<br />
a brown body on a stage<br />
a brown body in my arms<br />
sobbing and confused<br />
how their community<br />
could turn it's back so loudly<br />
shut their voice off<br />
them shaking<br />
my shirt soggy<br />
nothing there was safe<br />
not even the fabric<br />
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there was a time i made a statement<br />
it was mine<br />
i born it myself<br />
believing because it was mine<br />
it would hold me<br />
then someone stuck their fingers into my story<br />
made me all about them<br />
said it was OK<br />
said they were right<br />
because even being my own bones<br />
wasn't safe for me<br />
or them<br />
so they drag their neanderthal thoughts<br />
blamed me for their privilege<br />
they felt safe in their convictions until the next time<br />
when they make some other vagina their own<br />
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i suppose you could wrap it<br />
surround it with something impenetrable<br />
bomb proof it<br />
bullet proof it<br />
take it away from those who harm<br />
if we all decide who that is<br />
but it has to be the same who<br />
cover it in plastic<br />
make it safe<br />
no longer a problem for anyone<br />
or anything<br />
because everything is safe<br />
when it is dead<br />
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-9887581366760871512017-04-16T05:45:00.001-07:002017-04-16T05:45:11.020-07:007/30 Variations<div>in the first dream </div><div>i wake naked wonder the house </div><div><br></div><div>i do not recognize </div><div>i think i know what this means but not yet </div><div><br></div><div>in each room i find some forgotten thing </div><div>or some lost item of clothing </div><div>or some part of me I've neglected </div><div><br></div><div>on the stairs there are a pair of shoes </div><div>i have never been before </div><div><br></div><div>they accuse me of running off at the mouth </div><div>of counting things i do not own </div><div>they sit there in their shiny blues </div><div> a sad song </div><div> i do not know the words to </div><div><br></div><div>in the kitchen </div><div>the ramshackle that is my heart </div><div>leans a soggy mess on the counter </div><div>every other beat it calls her name in a whisper shout </div><div>that </div><div><br></div><div>i can not hear </div><div>because my ears </div><div>are no longer connected to my head </div><div> and i think i know what this means </div><div> not yet </div><div><br></div><div>the last room i care to search </div><div>is not a room at all </div><div>it is the hollow of a throat i loved </div><div>it is my right arm atrophied </div><div>missing the form of her gone body </div><div> it is the waist deep in memory </div><div> and missing all the points </div><div><br></div><div>i have never lived here </div><div>like i thought </div><div>this house has forgotten the shape of me </div><div>if i ever find my eyes </div><div>maybe they will tell me something different </div><div>echo myself back </div><div><br></div><div> i think i know what this means</div><div> not yet</div>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-70344602650908834492017-04-06T14:03:00.001-07:002017-04-06T14:03:49.783-07:006/30 The Difference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">they who are reduced the to thug </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I know your privilege didn’t tell you this part </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">if you want to live in the hood, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">your presence </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">or just like you saw your opportunity and acted on it, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and that is the difference</span>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-63549256890470737172017-04-05T17:25:00.002-07:002017-04-05T17:25:33.148-07:005/30 Logophobia <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10285543.post-71629240527999086752017-04-03T22:58:00.000-07:002017-04-03T23:02:56.043-07:004/30 Beam<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to count</span>Cindy Lou Whoohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09225192929399307748noreply@blogger.com0