Sonny Rainshine Poems

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71.
Haiku: Old Nun

The bent old sister,
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72.
From The Thirty-First To The First

From the thirty-first to the first,
the urge to reassess, to recalibrate
rises like the steam from hard cider,
and as we celebrate
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73.
Nobody's Looking

Go ahead; do it.
Nobody’s looking,
nobody cares.
Hurt him,
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74.
Why Karen Left Miguel

I am neither violet nor villanelle,
not a torso nor a bust. I am flesh
and feeling; I perspire
when you make love to me,
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75.
Medusa Is Mad

The irony of it
(sort of like Medusa getting bit
by a snake)
did not escape her.
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76.
The Alchemy Of Growing Old

She was born
with a coronet
of wispy gold twine.
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77.
Lake Scene With Ducks

For a moment let’s not consider
the beauty of the mallard
paddling, paddling on the lake.
Overlook her irridescent shawl
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78.
Headline: Cleopatra’s Loveboat Capsizes

Having taken on one too many
dimpled rent-boys and
ladies-in-waiting,
the over-decorated
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79.
Horizon Road

I’m bequeathing the old Dodge Dart to you;
(Guess that’s not the right word
since it implies that I’m dead, and I’m not) .
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80.
The Sanctity Of Tears

I was about 11 or 12 then.
She and I were sitting in the living room,
not the den. Maybe that had something
to do with it.
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