Dallin Bruun Poems

life has a special slot for a good therapist

mine just got back from Thailand
doing one of those 20 or 50 day silent retreats
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between bites of her appetizer
Sarah said, I can't ever enjoy a place like this
because I know my family could never afford it
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as the snow falls on my head I wonder
what the hell is wrong with me?
this ethereal madness
this parade of souls
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I used to make fun of my dad
because he took golf so seriously

then I started playing with my boss
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I wanted an enviable watch
'a timepiece'
but Rolex is so cliché
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I don't sweat much

but this Saturday
I helped with the
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I was on Twelfth North
walking Allie
looking at the tie-died sky
and thinking about how everyone
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do you ever walk around, see someone
and want to say, 'WOW, you're beautiful! '

but you don't
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my mom
and my dad
and my wife
and my siblings
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I'm pretty pleasant around most people

you'd never know my nature
my total b-word side
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