poetry
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Hello Goodbye – Metro #10
Friday the Thirteenth empty trains going the other way Bus shuttle spewed jovity and mirth Its all about the small talk commuters From hello to goodbye – an amazing ride Continue reading
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Metro Friday the Thirteen – Metro #9
Metro Friday the Thirteen so far so good Three orange trains going the other way Finally appears a blue train going my way Oh! the predictable unpredictability Continue reading
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Rejoice – Metro #8
Best plans laid to waste remarkably like the green on the watershed run The walk was a hitch on a free bus as the angry storm came by just to mess up The best laid plans of turning a new leaf of a die hard commuter on buses and trains The women transformed for the Continue reading
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Sweet Breeze – Metro #7
A calm surrendering to public transportation ensues in the morning breeze Alone at the bus stop then swallowed along with the rest of the sardines I was jostled, tossed and wasted as we went from station to station – doors closing The newness of public commute had gotten to me, muscles, bones, brains and all Continue reading
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Thoughts disrupted – Metro #6
I skipped Metro #6 and got a ride home Skipped writing class and made a full meal Cleaned the house and the night is still young Scrolling through where were you on 9/11 Continue reading
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Nine Eleven – Metro # 5
Adonis chatting up one blond and one brunette at the bus stop Start of the day should be simply like everyday In New York City, Washington DC and Shanksville is but The etched replay – a nation shall never forget 9/11 Continue reading
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Top Colors – Metro #4
The top green color distracted me from Thumbs zigzaging across small screens I counted ten passwords for those things Then Dee saved me from the tunnel traffic Continue reading
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Burgundy & Gold – Metro #2
Burgundy & Gold peppered with workday odor Permeating through the Rosslyn tunnels As cassowary-like commuters cram The cabs of the orange line train to Vienna Continue reading
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Green Dress – Metro #1
Green dress beckons Alluring to the morning eyes Adoring gaze falls On the unzippered long back Continue reading
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In Perplex Wonder (1998)
Shallow rivers of tearsDrying out the sorrows of the heartMuteness is the only way to speakShattering glass the sound ofThe life wanting to be lived. Fragmented years that haveLoops that trapsStruggling for airCovered in the silence of all theSerenity that is no more. The path shines luringThe body into the unknownSpirit hovering awayOut of sight Continue reading