Larry Oakner Poems

You are working the night shift
like a fireman dozing
boots and turnout coat standing in place
ready
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You could lead your life with intention
or leave it to luck.
But if you make it your choice when to walk out the door
there will be a line of people wishing you well.
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When a heart breaks
does it make a sound like
a spoon cracking a soft boiled eggshell
or a sob coming from a crouch
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She is sitting serenely on a sofa
in the salon of a friend's motor yacht
wearing her pea coat and a rolled brim cotton hat
looking into the camera
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