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Were she here with me now, by the waist I would raise her, a chalice of wonder. I’d bellow hosannas and whirl her around,
Bella takes two big pills every morning followed by one each of another three.
Third day on her honeymoon Sharon asks Butch what it’s like for a man before he gets married. A bricklayer by trade, and a man of few words,
Born at the foot of the mountain what will you do? You have time to decide but some die young.
One, a nun, has her transfer in her hand. She’s silently praying. Another, a hooker, has her income in her purse.
Melanie was waiting for the light… at 12th and Broadway when a large… a big truck and 10 gallon hat roar… right beside her. His truck cab lo… above her old Buick. His stereo b…
Middle of the night someone’s in the house. Can’t be the wife asleep next to you. She’ll be mad
Sometimes a woman leaves a man for another man or just leaves. Sometimes a woman
Although we’ll never again be body to body or mind to mind, you and the place and the years are alive every night in the lette… I’ve stored in my room.
They buried Colleen Garrity today a woman 95 few people thought would ever die and what a lovely eulogy her cousin Paddy gave. Paddy must be 80 if a day yet he
The average man looks at himself in the mirror 23 times a day, the average woman 16 times a British survey reports. Men look to “admire” themselves,
They’re the oldest couple my wife and I know and we’re no pups either. Peter out for a walk leans on his cane often
If I knew I’d live forever I’d never send a poem out. No poem ever comes with ten fingers and ten toes so I’d keep revising, add
Millicent was the daughter who danced ballet and sang until she met Butchie on a rainy day. He was in coveralls and cowboy hat and fixed
Monsanto still has problems after the carnage caused by Agent Orange. People continue to decay. Monsanto’s Roundup