Sandra Osborne Poems

You are the sunshine,
That brightens up my day.

You are the moonshine,
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A red badge of courage
Or a red badge of death,
Mangled, strangled, missing limbs
Balls and powder mingling skin.
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Sometimes I just close my eyes and pick a word right out
of the dictionary, like “Ordinary”, and start writing away.
Sometimes I see an old episode of “Gunsmoke
and I cry because Miss Kitty is dead.
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He’s in Mrs. Small’s science class.
Do you think he likes me?
Did he just look at me?
Did he just smile?
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America lives,
For you and for me,
With all she can give,
On land and on sea.
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See an answer to myself,
Tomorrow’s yester-windowpanes
Singing dancing to my song,
Laughing in the falling rain.
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Playing games to satisfy
Some deep inner fear,
Wondering why we cry,
And why are we all here?
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Different
Little different days
Mysteries
Along the way.
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I wonder,
Can you feel a dream die?
Do the stars shine less brightly
For it's passing?
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I heard it was shocking…
I mean, really, a bachelor party,
WITH DEMOCRATS! ! (and I am one!)
I mean, really, they have a donkey for a mascot,
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