Newcastle
When the bread of life
Is down to the crumbs,
Stale and dodgy,
The hill that says jump
And the hill that says
How high
Will come to the sunrise,
Coals
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dbreeden's micropoetry
poet, translator, Humanist
The Walls
Truth perhaps
Will set you
Free but it’s
Not a prison
Break; it’s
Not a cake-
Walk since
The chips stay
Where they
Will, off the
Shoulders
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A Certain Comfort
Go on, carry that dark
Soulful night up the
Ladder tied however
Shakily to the solidity
Of dream. I’m here
To say, Go on! You
Have fallen already.
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Free Will
Women always do
Queen of hearts
The magician says
Between you ‘n’ me
And men it’s always
Ace of of spades.
Trick o’ the trade.
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Going, Going
While the grim wait
At the coffee bar
Goes on talk of
Elsewhere, of other
Goes on to nowhere
Not yet, not yet
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Terminology
“Disorder” is such a
Dysfunctional way
To describe difference–
“Crooked” claims the
Judgment rather than
“katywompus.”
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Highligths/Lowlights
Oh my gosh
The truth will arrive
In the dark wood
In the middle of things
As Dante noticed
Exiled as always
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Winning
Woman at the store
Plays solitaire on
Her phone winning
Against no
Customers at all
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Still Waiting
looking back
I was looking back
then too
and waiting
for a train from where
to where
I’ve long forgot
all I remember
is waiting and
looking back
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Let Go
Oh, lemme hug my
Pet- pet- pet-
pet-u-lance!
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