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All that remains: here in my afterlife as a 'mainstream' blogger, with what little I know.
#942000 added September 26, 2018 at 1:10pm
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Unprompted Poem

Where We Flowed

Gathered at the back porch
The old man's drugs were flowing
Whatever your fix
It was all good
Together, forgetting
Ills replace ills
In our neglected neighborhood

Behind the old woman's shed
It was all good
Raid canning jars
Or garden instead
Veggies raw
Whatever will do
For the fix
For the ill
Remedy for veins thick
Ply pale flesh
Swim inner trails

Under the neighbor's apple
Shade
From a harsh sun angling
Aims between
Thinning leaves
That dive, swim
To our fateful ground
Pile up like us
Cold, shivering
Until the next remedy

I told them
how I dream
Of dying like the grass
I pluck, become
Decay in mortal earth
I dream I never wake
Immortal in fantasy
Knowing
I'll never be rich
Transacting
Behind a value mart

Dry cardboard walls contain
Strays like me that
Scratch, claw
Dine on leeching
Black plastic
Oozing sustenance
Never winter here
Seek shelter of
Wool gifts
A stranger's alms
Rub elbows with
The other lonely
Sample soup endless
In their kitchens
Load up on bread
Dream, one day
Return to the tree
Where we flowed.


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