Michael Shepherd Poems

Light. Lightness. Light-heartedness.
Who can measure their measureless weight?

On the kitchen scales, we balance
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and of course it was wrong
to label him as that – in just that tone of voice;
a touch of envy there, no doubt
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'Speak up - no need to shout -I'm not THAT deaf! '
- do I have real reason to complain,
if years of partial listening have brought
now partial hearing in their fateful train?
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The day before yesterday
they dealt with the terminally ill to free the hospitals.
Yesterday,
they dealt with those who did not contribute to the economy.
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Dear Jenny Joseph,

How are you getting along these days?
Now that you've hit our 'top poems' list?
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Are you ashamed of your tiny smile?
Does it make you embarrassed?
Does it limit your social life?
Wouldn’t you like to draw all the chicks,
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putting on one side
the inconvenient paradox
that I always seem to be
boring old me and yet
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A deep breath; a sigh.. as if
you didn’t accuse yourself of this
every time you write a poem and
hoping to pretend it’s ‘ stretching
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Why the hell should I respond to
'I'm new to this site, please read
all my poems and
comment (you'll enjoy them) '- when
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