Nika McGuin Poems

It was the best day
freedom handed me the keys
and I took them gladly
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We are all
the best of people
and the worst of people
loved by an important few
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A sheet of wet curls lay over her face
she'd been drenched by the downpour
and her brand new shoes were indubitably ruined
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Uncontrollably crying
because of the life you've lead
you're an addict, dad
its the fact I've pushed
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The television hums
transmitting the frequency
of so many unfamiliar voices
and commercials that dispatch lies.
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'You belong to the temporary moments of a dream'
a dream cut short - and yet we stand,
waiting for it to begin again
for it to finish where it left off
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He was a lonely child, Alone
much like an tightly coiled,
overwound wristwatch that no longer ran
so uptight, and uncomfortable around people
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How can my name be golden to you
could you tell me mister,
will your voice ever ring with it
would your heart cling to every syllable
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It has been a year
of utter outward evolutions
the skin has changed, the voice deepened
as onlookers, we can only hope that the core
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I know how to live in my fantasies
despite knowing the truth
When the bartender smiles and flirts
I smile back, because I know
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