joe c. Poems

I watched her from the flower grove,
She passed me by everyday.
The butterflies lofting about only added to her grace,
They illuminate her lovely face.
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Please listen to what I've to say,
With open ear and focused mind.
I've only a moment to confide;
I've wanted to say this for so long.
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To my fellow claustrophobic:
three cheers for your latest endeavor-
I heard you conquered the coffin last night.
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countless,
countless are the words you've spoken
in your broken rhetoric. A foreigner to this
country and untempered to our customs,
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I made a mistake,
and I thought you were a blank page.
I wanted to let my ink drip all over you.
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