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Article #831071Re: "A YEAR OF SUNDAYS" SUBMISSIONS - August 2022
From: HC
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:45
Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 15:45
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On Monday, August 8, 2022 at 2:25:30 AM UTC-4, ME wrote: > On Sunday, 7 August 2022 at 17:22:05 UTC-4, blackpo...@aol.com wrote: > > On Sunday, August 7, 2022 at 8:52:57 AM UTC-4, Edward Rochester Esq. wrote: > > > On Tuesday, August 2, 2022 at 2:03:48 AM UTC-4, michaelmalef...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Start posting: > > > Iβm Afraid Iβve Lost My Way > > > > > > Iβm afraid Iβve lost my way > > > in the light of the Frigidaire. > > > > > > That interrupted sleep, > > > my creep to the sweet > > > treats that call out my name, > > > a shame, it was empty, > > > forgetting the last cookie went in > > > around midnight > > > after its dip into cold coffee. > > > > > > Do not feel sorry for my senile > > > Zombie walk, my talk to the wrinkled > > > curtains that have never kept out > > > streetlights and full moons. > > > > > > I was ok once, all words came without > > > that scratch to a bed head, that fridge > > > stocked before last sale date, a mate that asked > > > what was wrong when strength seemed to disappear. > > > > > > Iβll write a note to self, a list of what came easy > > > once upon a time, but now Iβve forgotten the Frigidaire > > > is empty and Iβll stumble back to where dreams > > > were once sweet. > > > > > > Edward Rochester Esq. > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > Cat Cries > > > > It's empty down the West-Side Highway > > except for a shadow or two hidden back > > from curbside, half dancing with feral cats > > under blinking blue neon, repeating, 'closed'. > > > > It's never closed, Breslin argues, always someone > > having a malted or being slashed for a wallet, > > always someone with a bent spoon cooking the nights snack, > > their eyeroll into never, never land. > > > > There are some setting alarms, morning comes early > > for the next shift while outside, the dark holds a space > > for the wide-awake finding shadows have all the answers > > and sell the most papers. > > > > > > Edward Rochester Esq. I know itβs difficult, but letβs try to keep this near the top. Keep up the great work.
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