Margaret Alice Poems

June and Hanlie took over chanting magic
formulae at Jane, showing her how to make
folders to move documents away, louder and
louder they chanted, wilder and wilder the
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She is Beyond
Good and Evil now
living in a world
of fantasy
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Finally found something to pass the
long day, started washing clothes
the wrong way, downstairs there are
washing machines and spin-driers
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Returned to a cat-fight kitchen, cat
debris covering everything, mud
clods in the house, our brave dogs
scared off burglars, iron bars
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Enchantment lies in me, my eyes
confer the beauty I see, everything
is meaningless, everything I touch,
hear, taste, smell or see, every rosary,
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Said he to Nici, tongue-in-cheek,
ask your teacher if I may come into
class to help you with this task, Dad!
came her mock reply of shock, said
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I have reached the threshold of my attention span,
which is probably less than that of the average six-
year-old, I’m bored in my office and the documents
loom large and threatening
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Come to think of it, I might be a vampire,
I can’t eat garlic nor stand the sun’s heat;
but do vampires sing - maybe I’m an under-
cover phantom – my mind is scarred enough
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Red Muscadel – I know it will give a
headache tomorrow, but since my
left ear is sore, I don’t care anymore,
the taste is beautiful, sweet and
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Last night I read Alice in Wonderland,
once again her conversation with the
Crying Mock Turtle and the Gryphon
worked its enchantment
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