Velvet Thorn Poems

I'm folding laundry in the sun
My neighbor says, 'That looks like fun'
And soon she brings her laundry out
Then other neighbors come about
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Your smile kills me
Stabs me like a knife
Darts from you like a laser
Straight into my soul
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I see a young boy
eyes closed
fingertips searching
Pretending he knows not what he does.
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Call me Rudbeckia
(Becky for short)
A black-eyed susan at night
Petals luminous
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Come let us practice astral projection
We'll meet above the ocean
And waltz beneath the stars
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A challenge was offered
A task of love
An exposure of self.
You accepted.
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There once was a chick from Voorheesville
Who thought she might write with some small skill
She gave it a try,
Then her muse ran dry
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Not opposite
But complementary
Night and day
are ill defined
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Cars and trains
And boats and planes
Fossil rocks
Found in the rain
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Where did the Columbines and Lupines go
The Alliums that stood so straight and neat
The raspberries with all their bright red glow
That children did consider such a treat?
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