Tag: snippets
member name: dianne j.
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January 16, 2009 06:30 PM EST --
Temperatures plummeting below zero.
Slick, icy roads, too cold for salt to melt.
Strait-jacketed in layers of clothes and coats.
What am I doing here?
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October 01, 2009 08:23 PM EDT --
Loud TV ads . . .
What a deal! But wait! Get two for the price of one! Just pay shipping and handling!
(not disclosed - and excessive)
Cut the crap!
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August 02, 2009 08:46 PM EDT --
They aren’t exactly lies you tell Not blatantly untrue; just misleading Intended to take me where? What are you afraid I will see?
The shadows of truth breed mistrust.
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October 01, 2009 08:49 PM EDT --
Politicians who preach family values the loudest, who rant about the sin of homosexuality, are always the ones caught in the bathroom with a young man.
Cut the crap!
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March 07, 2009 12:26 AM EST --
There’s a virus going around
Causing blue sky, sunshine, warm air.
Symptoms include deep breaths and humming,
a spring in the step, laughter on the lips.
I am infected!
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January 26, 2009 01:45 PM EST --
She said, "I did good, didn't I?"
I said, "Yes, you did. Did you do it for me or for yourself?"
She said, "For both of us."
And she smiled.
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January 03, 2009 11:41 PM EST --
I didn't think I could say anything in 30 words or less, but decided to try, having been invited to this group. I think this captures the essence of a piece I wrote about my son.
I wanted . . .
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January 05, 2009 12:40 AM EST --
pretty beads
dancing in the light
that falls on pale skin
pretty beads
rainbow colors
adorning lifelessness
pretty beads
are all that’s left
of the color and sparkle of you
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October 03, 2009 02:21 AM EDT --
I make excuses.
I am so busy . . .
visiting my mother,
running my business
going to physical therapy.
I'm out of excuses . . . just cut the crap and clean the house! . . .
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January 07, 2009 01:53 AM EST --
You look so frail
in that hospital bed
Where is the vibrant woman I knew?
You look so pale
Strange notions in your head
I miss the essence of you.
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January 09, 2009 10:05 AM EST --
tests
more tests
improvement
hope
setbacks
fear
discussions
decisions
tears
phone calls
waiting
watching
waiting
waiting
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February 14, 2009 06:01 PM EST --
No Valentines for me
True love was not meant to be
No flowers, no candy, no hearts
No Cupid’s love-tipped darts.
I guess I’ll clean the kitchen.
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January 27, 2009 10:21 AM EST --
We called her Ma Mah Jongg.
She was talented, smart,
funny and blunt.
She was unique.
Most of all
she was too young to die.
I’ll miss you Sue.
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