It's Okay to Go Away

Your serenade a lullaby

When at night, time multiplies

 

And as I watch you hop away

I'm grateful for your flitty ways

 

Of iffy, creepy tainted views

No longer just a greenish hue

 

So on this day of love, my dear

I won't complain if you're not here

 

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Prompt inspiration: Real Toads~  Mary's Mixed Bag- Love (Not!)

When's Recess?

It's nearly slanderous
the things I read
on Facebook
hear and see on TV;
one side vs. the other,
who's better?
Did you know
when such and such
was in kindergarten
he blah, blah, blah?
Insignificant,
this childish rant
that has two opposing sides
on a seesaw;
up, score one
down, score two
don't you dare
stay in the middle.
I won't be your friend
if you blah, blah, blah.
Fighting over Fruit Loops
or whose dessert is better?
A playground clique
that clacks my nerves,
nearly drives me insane.
Didn't you pay attention
in kindergarten, people?








Prompt inspiration: Imaginary Garden's Mary's Mixed bag: Pet Peeves

Discovered on a Walk One Day...

horses

fenced in, hidden

within the city~

a backyard

treasure island

Prompt inspiration~ Imaginary Gardens: Mary's Mixed Bag- Fences

College Apartments

Clanky
hanky-panky
flashing opinions
like cymbals clashing. I
hear the echoes, smell
the beer, hide from the fear
with college textbooks
as reading pleasure while I
lie alone on the lawn
bikini clad and covered up
drinking in the atmosphere
away from the rumpus
ruckus at the pool
away from the dissent
having spent
my childhood years
in disaccord, discord,
feeling discarded.

Prompt inspiration: Imaginary Gardens- Mary’s Mixed Bag: Neighborhood