Stephanie Eve Kane Arado Poems

Dive down deep in the wacky, wild water
Grasp swim goggles, which sank to the bottom
Somersault easy time does not alter
Acrobatic finesse adept, random
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My paycheck never stretches far enough
Peanut butter sandwiches every month
Local resale shop my department store
Dollar General, macaroni galore
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Hot summertime romance from years long past
Recalled in moonlight and warm summer breeze
Gradually nature’s spell was freely cast
Blending together with lighthearted ease
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My blond, blue-eyed miracle folds her angel wings
Into a Disney themed book bag
Where lunch ladies are omnipresent overseers of playgrounds.
Time molded trauma still resonating from steel monkey bars
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Cats ruled the porch
The king and his subjects
Catching mice in the tall grass
Licking the sides of the red shed
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Blanche depended on the kindness of strangers
And while you are strange you are also familiar
I have seen you several times looking at me
A face in a crowd who gestures
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American refugees wail for bread
Chaos erupts in a garbage strewn scene
Mothers holding babes who need to be fed
People stumble in a nightmarish dream
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Make the world safe for
Capitalistic Diplomacy
Elevate status of migrant workers
Factory girls now attend school
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Winds bend the brown green grass of fall
Whether in current age or decades past
Landscape gazers catch creatures storing seeds
Scattering yellow and white capped weeds
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A thin shell moon
Floats in midnight blue
Illuminating slightly
A dwarf’s limestone mine
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