'The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.'
-Walt Whitman
I think writing is my way of keeping it simple, of being honest with myself.
So good to be home
and out of the heat.
All those excess people reminded I'm alone
as I explored the busy Chicago streets.
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A poetess can be wasteful when it comes to love.
She'll wade and wallow
through the waterfalls below and above.
She'll sip big for ability's sake and swallow.
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He has an appetite
sweet to satisfy.
But he's so distant and curt,
with painful goodbyes.
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Over the short years,
we've fired comments at each other
that were like deadly darts
in the skin of some clever animal,
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