Margaret Alice Poems

Africa for Africans, President Mbeki
declared wisely – and white South
African numbers fell to nine percent
of the population; Africa returns to
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I don’t like streamlining and ergonomics
all compressed into one efficient process,
the act of creation, writing a verse in an
emotional upsurge, mixed up with the act
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A new probable self working nicely until
allowed to write a poem, now she insists
on poetry instead of the work
she was assigned to!
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Today I’m an elf in sky-blue driving up
in a coach of dark-red garnet, ready to
play in a hole under the ground, a
bunker as is found only in Wonderland,
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I love staring at the faces of my mermaids,
the one I have not chosen myself, blindly
decided upon by an over-zealous cashier
who thought that the broken mermaid was
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Prepared to deal with physical pain with pictures
of fairies and books on states of consciousness;
but sometimes the pain is stronger than the mind
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I am satisfied with just a little delight,
happy togetherness in the same mess, each
person solving problems individually,
unique entities with sharpened minds,
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Wondering about my
new discoveries:
Consciousness
playing hopscotch
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Wondering about new discoveries:
consciousness playing hopscotch
in and out of reality while
focusing on hallucinations and
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Here’s my theory: Looking at love
and happiness, at success and
progress, chalking up examples
of prosperity and mental stability
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