Patti Masterman Poems

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511.
The Sun Sings In You

All my life was waiting,
All my days were just the same;
But now the waiting's over;
There's a light comes shining through:
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512.
Bad Poetry Makes Me Ugly

Bad poetry makes me ugly:
Look, each line, a cliche
Each blemish, a simile;
My smile grows more bitingly smug
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513.
Amelia's Voice

Now Amelia's voice talks only to space,
But Betty still remembers it,
Tantalizing, from an unknown place,
Now somewhere out in the next galactic neighborhood,
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514.
Doing Things Over Again The Right Way

I want to be a dark tree in the shadows,
In a yard where nobody goes;
To be forgotten, just like starlight
In the ship's hold, far below.
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515.
When Asked To Describe Yourself

Describe your hobbies in short paragraphs
Describe your goals in one
Label yourself appropriately
And never ask for help.
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516.
Evil Walks On Feet Like Ours

Evil walks on feet like ours
But sees through keyless locks,
It's tunnel-visioned nightly harms
In walls that cannot talk.
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517.
Aww Heck

he sleeps in boots
and wades in socks
forgets his key
and picks the locks
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518.
Methylene Blue

Methylene blue,
You paint a pretty picture:
Is it really true
Your stains get slowed by stricture?
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519.
Behind The Everything

Behind everything there’s another behind,
Which breaks the real at the edge of mind,
Where atoms crack and strain to reach,
From side to side, in each ones niche,
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520.
Ad Astra; To The Stars

I'm here inside all the while
Watching you invisibly
You see only the extrovert
Moving through the world
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