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Pick Your Poison

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Is it cowardice

to avoid unpleasant tasks,

or just self-preservation?

~

Some other options

include procrastination,

laziness, and revulsion.

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May·28

Shrill Feathered Shills

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Chirping colors, blue,

yellow, black, white, gray, and red

announce their need to be fed.

~

Their protestations

prompt you to put out more seed

for the bears to eat with greed.

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May·27

Universal Spinning

Posted by 2garrabrants

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I lie here, in bed,

feeling the world spin its course

through the universe… for now.

~

And soon you will rise

and actively join the world

in all its spinning.

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May·26

On Keeping Our Cool

Posted by 2garrabrants

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This year Summer chose

not to rush in and push Spring

heatedly aside.

~

Since Summer awaits

somewhere else, way off down south,

let us spring to outdoor chores.

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May·25

Going In Circles

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Circles dot the land

trying to control all those

who refuse to self-control

~

Circles of support

help those who lack self-control

develop it from within.

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May·24

Findings

Posted by 2garrabrants

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They found no answers,

but found plenty of questions

while looking for them.

~

Maybe they forgot

Life was about the journey

not just the destination.

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May·23

Wisdom, Wherefore Art Thou?

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

True wisdom is found,

not in seeing what is there,

but from kenning the absence.

~

Wisdom is found in

silence, but noise, both inner

and outer complicates things.

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May·22

Stillness In Motion

Posted by 2garrabrants

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The house is alive

with the sound of grandkids. If

I want stillness, I must walk.

~

Somebody must walk,

that’s true, but it’s up to you

to decide who hits the bricks.

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May·21

Heavenly Descent

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Sometimes lofty clouds

fall from their high place to rest

gently on the solid ground.

~

With such descent comes

a softening of earth’s rough

edges and sometimes our own.

~

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May·20

Chopin’s Funeral March

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Let’s put our half-baked

ideas in poetic

form. Maybe they’ll seem profound.

~

Since the earth b-flat,

let’s just drive our trucks right off

and conquer the universe.

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May·19

Too Much

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Alone in their thoughts,

being such a heavy load,

they labor to preclude it.

~

Having someone to

share our thoughts with makes heavy

loads so much lighter.

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May·18

Cause an Effect

Posted by 2garrabrants

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As usual, woke

to loud meows, soft whines, my

pets’ version of “hit the deck”.

~

A cat, more subtle,

curls patiently on my chest;

places a paw on my chin.

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May·17

Openings

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

On this breathless dawn,

time seems to be suspended;

leaves unstirred by any breeze.

~

Where outward stillness

is met by an inward one,

a comforting peace resides.

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May·16

In Due Time

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Hidden by the grass,

two dark rabbits watch and wait

for the time to make their break.

~

Knowing when to break,

from good cover, to take flight

is an art some never learn.

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May·15

Homeland Security

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Preparing for war

to ravage my peaceful lawn;

Fox and Rabbit den nearby.

~

They’re not at war. Just

like us they need a home for

themselves and their families.

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May·14

Unlikely Events

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Just a friendly hint –

tomorrow is Mother’s Day,

wink, wink…thought I’d let you know.

~

For once, reminders,

though welcomed, aren’t required.

Could it be I’m growing up?

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May·13

Music To Our Ears

Posted by 2garrabrants

1

You’re never too old

to enjoy a free concert

on a sunny afternoon.

~

No need to leave home.

Just open the door and you’ll

hear the birds singing.

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May·12

Food Flight

Posted by 2garrabrants

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The first to arrive.

the last to go…uninvited

squirrels at the bird feeder.

~

When they first arrive,

those old crows cackled fury

finding their feed absconding.

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May·11

As Night Falls

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

As night slowly falls,

the howling of coyotes

adds a note of eeriness…

~

…and when the owls join

with their haunting cries of who,

we shake in wonder.

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May·10

A Sfumato Start

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Slowly shifting mist

adds mystery to the start

of a matter-of-fact day.

~

Shifting mists highlight

just as well as they conceal,

drawing eyes to shape and form.

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May·09

Night and Day

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Humming ceiling fans

and the stirring of the air

gently caress me to sleep.

~

Meows of hungry

cats and whine of lonely dog

ungently awaken me.

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May·08

Forlorn Folly

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

May can’t seem to let

go of April and make space

for June’s arrival.

~

Maybe May might think

it has the might to resist

June’s jejune vicissitude.

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May·07

Special Moments

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

It’s not every day

one goes to such great lengths for

the chance to thank a mentor.

~

It gladdens the heart

when appreciation is

given and received.

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May·06

It’s All In The Cards

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

When the cards are stacked

against us, may we find strength

enough to try anyway.

~

Sometimes that stacked deck

should serve as a loud warning

that this path is not the way.

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May·05

Help Needed

Posted by 2garrabrants

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Who will rise to meet

the challenges presented

by the light devourers?

~

Every day, many

meet those challenges, but they

are often unseen.

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May·04

It’s Not The Between

Posted by 2garrabrants

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In between places

can be noisy as they fill

with worrisome thoughts.

~

When it’s quiet there,

some will find peace within them

others build a shrieking void.

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May·03

One By One

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Each extinguished torch

allows darkness to encroach

upon our shrinking village.

~

Encroaching darkness

brings with it memories of

former light bearers.

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May·02

Drawing A Blank

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

A certain blankness

is visiting our minds, but

we have hope it won’t linger.

~

Creative juices

dry up after talking to

Insurance Claims Adjusters.

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May·01

Those Thumbless Tenders

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

Spring rains water plants

with no supervision or

effort from any of us.

~

…and somehow new growth

never gets overwatered

despite their zealous tending.

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Apr·30

Sweet Nothingness

Posted by 2garrabrants

0

As I cast about

for something pithy to say,

all I found was nothingness.

~

Nothingness also

is visiting me today.

What is there to say?

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Apr·29

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