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I scold my dog in the voice of my ancestors

2/28/2020

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I scold my dog in the voice of my ancestors
they would smile at my commands to heel
to sit and stand, like salute or koutou
​to paw and touch when startled 
to leave it, I said leave it, when the outsider's temptations appear
to wait at the door, to be the last one through
to drop when holding what is wanted
to down when overcome with joy
to off when warmth is needed
to out when I am hurting 
to out when I am nauseous to out when I am broke to out when I am lonely

they would nod approvingly when no command is needed 
for stay
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I feel responsible

2/27/2020

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I feel responsible for the end of the world today.
No metaphor, killed a live vaccine kind of way.
Stuck a vein wrong and had to redraw.
Any way I insert the needle leaves a bruise. 
Or wrote a script wrong,
made the cough worse, in a way.
A doctor once said,
medicine has no room for error.
Which is another way I know 
​I'm out.
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Adulthood Starts Today

2/26/2020

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Built a bed frame, clicked
struts into platform, brushed
foam flakes and test anxiety from
knit button down sweater—yeah, I wear knit button down sweaters—god,
I feel twenty two years old.
I feel every snap and creak, turn with every screw,
rail at the missing leg caps and empty rooms in my soul
and when at last the mattress explodes
over the iron skeleton I'd molded
​I press my past into the memory foam and hope
​I'll sleep better from now on
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  • Hey
  • About
  • Poetry
    • Poemblogs >
      • Rehabbatical
      • Adulthood Starts Today
      • National Poetry Writing Month - 2019
      • National Poetry Writing Month - 2018
      • Storytelling & Storylistening
      • National Poetry Writing Month - 2017
      • Kentucky Collection
      • National Poetry Writing Month - 2016
  • Voiceovers
    • Spoken Word
  • Gallery
  • Contact Me