Raj Dronamraju Poems

I will not be your pervert attempted older lover
Nor will I be your father or stepfather
My role is akin to the cool, weird uncle who arrives a couple times a year bearing gifts and amusing, strange stories
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I talk to myself to work out the thoughts
To polish the lines, for any actor expects the unexpected
For the truth of uttered speech that does not expect or need a response
The crafting of the word, feedback will be sent later
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She made a joke - That everyone who lives here is going to need some kind of readjustment training once the clouds go away and the sun comes out

The rain pours down or she's waiting for it to pour down
Neither means anything when you forswear self-pity
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After the assault on variance
We were all too scared to think or act on our own
We nervously looked at our neighbours to see how we should act
And they looked back at us the same way
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I've had it with depth and I've had it with feeling
I want to reach inside and tear a piece out and throw it on the ceiling
Sistine chapel, man can't quite touch his own myth
He finds himself tongue tied and inarticulate without meeting his full potential
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I don't hunt and I have never held a gun
But I would listen just the same in high school to a classmate telling me about hunting hogs in Humboldt County during summer vacation

Losing his favorite dog to a goring by an angry boar
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I wasn't angry when she said "bless you"
I was more angry she didn't desire me as a partner
That she didn't desire me the way I desired her
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You won't find Kim on a map but you will find Jennings Lake
Its banks form the outline of a mouth making an expression of disgust or perhaps frustration
It's a violent slash, the water is muddy all year round
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You have no shame
You have no light
You project black light, infrared hostility
It shows us all the people we would rather not be
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I'll bet it is her that re-fills and sorts the trays full of nails and screws and tie-clips
I'll bet it is her that make sure the tools, the hammers and such, are where they are supposed to be
I'll bet she has memorized all the prices and does not need to consult the tags
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