Raj Dronamraju Poems

She drinks wine from the box, the bottle holds a candle
She is planning to yell at someone but no one is free at the moment
On a dating website, the phone numbers and intimate photos fly at a dizzying pace
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Imagine your heart as an airport
And you compared this to a delayed departure
Or an arrival and the person you are waiting for wasn't on the plane
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Simplicity introduces itself in a robot-voice tone
Doesn't tarry with traditional forms of language
Express joy for a present given, a programmed response, his hands were cold
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He can't be preoccupied
He's always free when anyone needs help moving
He always brings a gift when invited to a housewarming
Remembers every birthday and anniversary with a card and a phone call
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It's not enough to talk and do
But to merge the two
As a tribute to coordination
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In that small amount of time you had left to react
To dance between pirouetting fatal possibilities
The honey baited steel toothed snapper
Tough decisions leave you weary and happy at the same time
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Up in Ventura County, they make a contrast with Orange County
They are not so fanatic and they only breathe on the off ramps
They stay in at night and leave plenty of places for bad duties to be carried out
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I can feel your breath on the back of my neck
These close confines are nothing new
I am nodding disapprovingly at your funeral selfie
I am tired of brainless ambition
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Scare the children with talk of whooping cough and stranger danger

Scare the children unnecessarily, don't put your fingers in your mouth
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I bought a baseball bat which I keep behind my bedroom door
A house in the next block was burglarized and home invasion paranoia set in
I also carry the baseball bat when I go for walks very early in the morning at five AM
As there are stray dogs and they sometimes will growl and approach you with inexplicable hostility
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