All day my eyes itched
as if they were allergic
to viewing my life.
Bad reaction
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All day my eyes itched
as if they were allergic
to viewing my life.
Busyness is best
to occupy, medicate
you. Endings are hard.
You’ll never again
feel pain, joy both at once. Be
so at odds with life.
When you unburden,
you hope listeners will care.
Yet some could care less.
J’s Sleeping Beauty.
Small kids grab at her princess
gown with sticky hands.
Every day with
words I pin down bits of my
self for all to view.
When you take skim milk
in your coffee, heavy cream
is an indulgence.
After the high school
show they flirt over pizza
sodas at Uno’s.
Trees have never held
leaves as late as November.
Frost was wrong. Gold stays.
I wrote a letter
to a magazine. Maybe
they will publish it.