Lonnie Hicks Poems

I would run away
except I have no place to run
except to you.
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all agog
A bar which sells only 'agog' and gives you coupons for the ER visit after

burn bridges behind you
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All Time
cavorted in our jangled past
inside our trembling reachings
through make-ups and break ups
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At fifteen I met her and knew
she could have blown out my candle
with a single puff,
but I'm sure the thought never crossed her mind
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Scatter to the four winds
What relatives do when the subject of religion and politics comes up at thanksgiving dinner.
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It was his hand
as we sat side by side;
he waved it
as a flag
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The sun rises
sparkle fingers
aop the horizon;
my feelings are alive.
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Silent he,
the Sentinel Dad,
rampart high,
just beyond emotion's walls-
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I am the pretty one,
the one the girls hate
and the boys pant for
and I stand aloof because
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He walks by
and I trail him
with my eyes;
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