Walterrean Salley Poems

Dainty.
The cute gloves that
Delicately embraced
Her tender hands—enfolded her
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The clouds,
Like milking cows
Are ready to drop down
An abundance of rain by the
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My friends
Deserve more than
I can possibly give.
And, so, I pray for them as best
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Sorrow,
How it changes
The atmosphere with its
Twisted, unfamiliar air. But
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Like long
Shadows stretching
'Cross an autumn field, so
Goes life—stretching the span of time
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Two teenage friends went hiking
Along a familiar trail
In Northern Indiana.
The ‘plot' would don a veil.
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I'd cast some bread upon the waters
More than a decade or so.
And now it has returned to me
From many a year ago.
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The codicils of time
Frequently change one's life
Giving new directions
Like the tune of a fife.
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It's been for many a decade
Part of the daily diet.
The mold, and mice, and men love it;
The mice eat it in quiet.
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