Laurence Overmire Poems

Two fists
Presented in front of me by some
Child-like, mercurial god
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began a long, long time ago
the unwillingness to see and speak
what is true
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May make the difference

There are people you will find
In the crossroads of your life
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I have no enemies

If you turn me into an
Enemy
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I wish I could believe in money.
I wish I could believe in ego.
I wish I could believe in competition, in winning
at all costs.
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Is that you, Harry?
Taking the train to Hogwarts?

The steam billowing from the smokestack of
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Thomas Stevenson
A lighthouse engineer
The father of the novelist
Robert Louis Stevenson
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Old Duncan was killed in battle, Bill
Not in the dramatic cushion of a horrible
Night's unfitful sleep
The Porter screaming in alarum
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Every man, every woman, every child
Every soul upon this Earth
Has a story worth telling
A place unique in the twisting dial
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Imagine a morning in February
Walking out of the subway
Onto an urban landscape
Of new-fallen snow
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