Trouble

Trouble was a big black dog who one day came home with.me, I was five, No one in Laurense Iowa knew my young dog names trouble, He was just the kind of best friend a little girl needed, He made me laugh, Sometimes, that is a best friend, which is the best gift, He allowedContinue reading “Trouble”

Tears in my throat

Words vaporize, The last word is like the box last sought, Treasures are rare , When found you want to whisk away place deep in your pocket, so they never fall out, That’s where I keep you, In that pocket full of laughs and moments, Following behind you , Enjoy your week,

Discouraged

Not perfect, Just me, Made to feel stupid, Just asked if an application could be picked up for me, Was told no one does applying that way any longer, Maybe I chose friends wrongly, Maybe I trust without discrimination, Maybe pieces should never be friends, Are we all so pointless, Are we all irrelevant? ThenContinue reading “Discouraged”

Forty pounds

Nasty pokie corner, Little mean green, Totting one hundred and twenty pounds kitty litter inside, Sixty- five year old; Right sore arm is longer this morning,, Don’t care to observe videos at Mercy One in Waterloo for a job, Hate how they treat sister Penny, Seven nights on the clock for one day off PennyContinue reading “Forty pounds”

T-Mobile

Just trying to do an application, Age sexist, Just trying to place in my experience , They want no one with a life, J got pissed, Frustrated, And they gave me six red Errors! Well, Baby, I’m sixty-five, I can’t help your damn employment calender never seen two thousand, You don’t want experience, This poetsContinue reading “T-Mobile”

She’ll be coming around the mountain when she comes,

She’ll ve coming around the mountain when she comes, She’ll be riding six white horses, She’ll be ridding six white horses, She’ll be riding six white horses, She’ll be riding six white horses when she comes! See that’s the trouble no one gets it no mountains in Iowa, I’m from northeastern Iow by the muddyContinue reading “She’ll be coming around the mountain when she comes,”

Derision

Eric Zidlicky , eldest son of Paul and Pat, Hard worker, Lives in Saint Paul, Sister married to a minister, Live in Florida, See’s Eric’s heart and spirit impure, Told her mom she wanted to be in heaven and know Eric’s there too, For Eric’s sister, the quote “Love Your neighbor as you love yourselfContinue reading “Derision”

Kitty litter

Two days late, One hundred and twenty pounds, Like verizon could not function to find Quasqueton,Iowa, Walmart, how funny and sad you have been here before, I recueved two texts, Telling me you were on the way, Goggle maps knows the way! Where’s the Monties? In Canada silly! They could find my front poech!

The sound

Heard when two parts click, Sliding perfectly onto place, Click, Silent to some, Those of us afraid to admit it, Not adult coloring books, Reason truth we love games, Puzzles, Yes, there I said it! In a perfect world, I would go about totting intricate, Colorful, Multi-faceted puzzles, Because the book seller, Lesbian poet IContinue reading “The sound”

Coming home

Nothing else matters, Even if I get upset, My homes nit yet on my.own land, In Sawyer County, Near where my granddad bought three hundred acres in the nineteen thirties, In Chipquamigan National Forest, Where my dad and baby sisters remains rest, Where the heavens gently kisses the surface of Cub Lake, My first fictionContinue reading “Coming home”

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