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"Give me a good reason,"
the exasperated gangster-father
quizzes his son,
"why you flunked your school exams"

"Well, dad,"* says the spoiled brat
*"they locked us all up in a hall
and they asked us questions
five days in a row -
but all five days I never
gave them a word
Everybody else - the cowards -
spilled the beans!"
 Nov 2014 Tony Scallo
ryn
Give me a minute
To read the stars
Lamenting in their stories
Their laboured twinkling far and sparse

Give me this moment
To stumble and swoon
My branches reaching for
The faraway moon

Give me a while
To be one with the universe
Hear the colliding planets
As they spill their mournful verse

Give me some time
To plot my rightful place
Within my uncharted galaxy
And collapsing space...
 Oct 2014 Tony Scallo
Caitlin
Needs
 Oct 2014 Tony Scallo
Caitlin
I don't need someone to sweep me off my feet
or be my knight in shining armor-
and fight off my depression for me.

All I need is someone who will stay with me-
on the days of sunshine and laughter,
and more importantly-
on the days I hate everything, including myself.
I need someone to stick around and befriend my dark cloud.
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