derrick foster Poems

Skim the surface
All you get is murky water
Disguised as glamorous, fabulous and gorgeous
(Its only skin deep and the words are too expensive)
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I read my favorite book
as the train flies high above where she was lain(in Death)
on the river now frozen near the area known as DUMBO
down deep below somewhere under the water she remains(in ash)
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The best friend shift
> It is your turn to play this role.
> You be the rock of Gibraltar
> A shoulder to lean on
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She will let you have it
The truth that is...
She will do it with humor
When necessary
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He is a gentle giant
Who does small things to enhance the world
If defined you'll find him most refined
By name he's a ruler of the people,
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<<<<(Open Door) >>>>
Get on to experience
The bumping, eye contact,
Lowered eyed, big thighs
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broaden the mind
and palate
you too
can express well
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three introverts
sat at a table
nothing was said
much was felt
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Hearing that song that you love for the first time
Eating a meal that fills you to the gills
Curled in a blanket watching your favorite marathon
Watching kids play and remembering when
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Being me disturbs them

They can't take me
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