Lonnie Hicks Poems

There are rules,
I know there are rules-
of right and wrong
do's and don'ts
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My grandmother had an altar
in the middle of the living room;
Mother Mary statute four feet tall.
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In my garden gambol
green beetles
by twos and threes,
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There is this phone
which won't ring
settled there in my
heart crease.
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You can count the stars
and the count will be incomplete.

You can count times
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What did Scarlett know;
her green velvet dress
was made from draperies.
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My doors smoky open
ethereal;
right and left corridor
compartmented.
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I’ve loved so many of you
recklessly,
no olfactory enough
no orchid too sweet
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The sign said
'The Shop of Dislocated Hearts'
and I went in.
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They all say
that Love Won't-
Won't happen
for me.
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