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 Apr 13 Moo
Samuel
One Brutal Friend
Closer than my own spleen,
he calls me buddy.
“Hey, buddy!”

As if struck by a fever,
a silent malady,
he changed—
morphed into a beast,
a movie beast.
An ogre.

Where did the grandiose come from?
What street did you drag that arrogance down?
A lack of empathy,
a thirst for admiration so cruel
it drowns reason.

But he wasn’t born like this.
I knew him long ago—
when “the floor is lava” was gospel,
his bike had no spokes,
and breaking curfew was unthinkable.

Now he calls me.
Then hangs up.
Then calls again—different number.
Games.

I don’t like it.
Don’t call my second phone.
I stole it.
I still forgive you
 Apr 13 Moo
Samuel
Poetry?
 Apr 13 Moo
Samuel
I'm not a poet
I'm just emotional
twenty-something emotions
those hit hard

I'm not a poet
only a sleepwalker,
my fingers burning to type
my laptop keyboard so well-lit
so I fall into the desire

I'm not a poet
I just whisper to a quiet altar called Hello Poetry
a fatal attraction
so I type
welcome to the cult
Where's my keyboard, I can't sleep
 Apr 13 Moo
Michael Murphy
I put my old cat up on a cow.
I had to reach up high.

The cow went moo,  
my kitty flew.  

I didn't know that cats could fly.
Another poem for my kids activity book that I'm writing.
I never got to where I am
I was
never seemingly quite
that man
who meant to be
the man
you
supposed me to be
I blame Alan Sugar.
 Apr 13 Moo
kevin
asmirwin
 Apr 13 Moo
kevin
cease and desist obstruction of causeway
your folded bills are instructed towards
washington  for discipline and coordinated testimony
on record
military law requires
failure to be recorded by mid day

betty's pager
she, irwin, needn't the edge of an army's ear nor a bridge into confine
confine and shelter are revoked.  transcripted testimony is due burden

the army corps of engineers is not liable nor cause-able in history as your dependent nor you theirs. failure of letters is requirement of education.

education post loss of structure of americans and  lengthy gain yet no agile remorse is cause for investigation.
study and duration of observation has no time requirement

The pull of direction and task of motion delivers no reason.
A pattern of failure accepted yielding benign response still intentional and sane.  An incomplete orientation

I'm reflecting I'm happy with this piece of art

Target good

Target not an adversarial complaint

She knows a better exists

She hadn't no'd much

But I no'd that once

Um miss it's n I think one of your publicity journalists is a crime

I see with eyes you and your following are not good at life

You spent all sorts of money believing in the alone lighting
 Apr 13 Moo
James Daniel
Always
 Apr 13 Moo
James Daniel
I always start with a crash
A boom
A gong of doom
And so it was
On April’s
Pink Moon
 Apr 13 Moo
Ami Mathur
Is this madness?
If you like the shelf where she once stood.

Is this madness?
If you still adore the tea —
the herbal one you never had.

Is this madness?
If you are tempted to brag
about the qualities that were never yours.

Is this madness?
If you feel a sense of safety
in the mask you never wore.

Is this madness?
When you admire everything of her
but nothing of you.

Is this madness?
That you always dream of her —
whether she yearns for you?
An answer, still unknown.
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