Patti Masterman Poems

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531.
After I Am Gone

After I am gone
Graceful geese will still
Sweep towards the horizon, honking
There will still be the sudden
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532.
Smiling Through Our Tears

The world shrank again, today.
The phone call came early- someone had died.
Someone nice, and down to earth, and
Genuinely kind; well liked by more than a few.
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533.
Secrets Of The Universe

When you're young,
Everything lasts forever:
A summer is years long,
And childhood lasts for eons.
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534.
Vivid Distortion

Once you've given your all,
You're off the hook. No need to grovel
Or apologize, make up, ingratiate-
No, you're finished now. The book is closed.
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535.
Just In Case, I'Ll Remove All Doubt

Where angels fear to tread, there go I:
Stomping in my heavy boots, tracking earth
I always have to do it; why oh why
Can't I ever learn, a sense of mirth's
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536.
How New Religions Start

I wanted to write some poetry
I wrote down words that I thought were beautiful
Enough to crawl; but they could not stroll:
They slammed the door in my face
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537.
Would I Choose To Live In A World

Would I choose to live in a world
Where your breath was exhausted
Your rare flowering blood, wasted
Poured out on the branch of random chance?
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538.
The Ambidextrous Masturbator

The ambidextrous masturbator
Came across a very large alligator,
Who happened to eat his leading arm;
Leaving his other one unharmed.
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539.
Abracadabra

Some words hold magic
Phrases to other dimensions-
Where you are going now,
There is no need of keys.
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540.
Nullum Locum Latendi

When you fall into sleep,
Your mind lets go its creatures,
All the dead and living monsters created-
Haphazardly, accidentally, or on purpose.
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