Sonny Rainshine Poems

At first, he felt cozy in his new jacket,
zippered, buttoned, laced,
straight-laced like his attitude.
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Remember when you wrote your first essay
in high school, and an eternally optimistic teacher,
so sure that you could do it,
she just KNEW it,
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The foliage had fled at first-frost
and what remained were the gray fingers
that had once clinched the fruit
the same way the fruit contains
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Because she believed in the theory
of parallel universes,
Hallie was devoid of remorse.
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From the thirty-first to the first,
the urge to reassess, to recalibrate
rises like the steam from hard cider,
and as we celebrate
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The irony of it
(sort of like Medusa getting bit
by a snake)
did not escape her.
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She was born
with a coronet
of wispy gold twine.
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For a moment let’s not consider
the beauty of the mallard
paddling, paddling on the lake.
Overlook her irridescent shawl
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Having taken on one too many
dimpled rent-boys and
ladies-in-waiting,
the over-decorated
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I’m bequeathing the old Dodge Dart to you;
(Guess that’s not the right word
since it implies that I’m dead, and I’m not) .
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