M.J. Lemon Poems

We all start
with an egg

poached
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There perhaps is a time for
the pedestrian plodding of prose
the great bard once observed
when the mission to be
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Eventually is a really,
really long time
most especially
when you're waiting for, hoping for
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If I could go back and
do it again I would change nothing
is something I would now never say
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i know some fences
one works to keep you away
another lures you
stealing your moral high ground
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I once got asked
how to write poetry
Get a typewriter
i said
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Harvesting hope
planting despair
ensures a community in need
in search of repair
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