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Oh, black Persian cat!
Was not your life
already cursed with offspring?
We took you for rest to that old
Yankee farm,—so lonely
and with so many field mice
in the long grass—
and you return to us
in this condition—!

Oh, black Persian cat.
Nor I am hurt baby nor shall I be used ever or be a pawn I shall never stand alone in this world my love I shall stand with my true love my beating heart loving each other together we will live in peace and harmony o my loving warm heart.
David P Carroll
My Own Heart
part the curtains of your life and let
the sunshine filter in.

it won't burn, and it won't blind,
I promise.

Just a crack. C'mon.
I'm always here to lend you sunglasses
but first you have to be willing
to open the curtains.
 Oct 2016 KathleenAMaloney
Y Rada
No matter how painful they are

Because

At least you are there
To inflict emotions on me.
 Oct 2016 KathleenAMaloney
Y Rada
I put little folded papers in a jar –
Yes and No in minute scribbles
Let the game of human and God begin

Will I marry in the future?
Shake! Shake! Shake!

My heart flutters in anticipation
Surely a Yes will come out
Let my supplication be answered

NO!

Another round with the same question.
Shake! Shake! Shake!

Hope still embraces my beating heart
This is still the second round
Chances of having a Yes is great

NO!

Another round for “Will I ever marry?”
Shake! Shake! Shake!

I am anxious now for the next result
Third is the final answer
But I want to experience love.

NO!

Oh, let’s play again Lord next year.
I could be a flash fiction with
a crash course
elocution and
my diction would be perfect
good enough in fact to direct
traffic on the freeway.

They say it's only blood and guts
no ifs and definitely,
but it's wound up far too tightly
and the spring's about to burst.

I watched until the scene played out
on Netflix and then round about
six of the clock went into failure
what a shock but not to them

them being the engineers of men
the DNA that wins the day

I want to be a feature
or an unidentifiable
Loch Ness creature
to be a tourist attraction has attractions
that attract me
in spite of or because of
I'm still waiting for the flash,
but if it's fiction or it's cash
I eat the cake
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