Everyone

Our appearance said we are

intelligent

and our attitude applauded

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Bingo and Jack,the playful dogs.

Not minding the earthly bogs,

jump and joyfully bite

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I swear in a separate life

You were the ocean and I,

a rock

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Distant bounds on earth a thunder cloud

lights the sky a mournful cry, hail with wind

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Struggling against the mundane and masks we wear,

the pure and eloquent alike fail the art of forgetting,

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He told me

He doesn't drink Grape Juice

Anymore because

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Shins are screaming

Is it the way I walk?

Right leg shorter than the left

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His exclamations are incoherent as he lurches by the tiny coffee shop garden

I find a shred of comfort out here sitting in nearly-snapping plastic seats and taking in the caffeine

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I shook a dirty hand

Greasy and fetid from years of alcoholism

Yesterday

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"As I sit, staring at nobody there who cares"

I dream of when I was a child of five

So happy and free sitting on my daddy’s knee

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