Coffee thoughts
Ms. Haiku
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Occasions spanning full to empty cups
unite merriment timed with measured sips.
unite merriment timed with measured sips.
There is no such thing as leftover pizza. There is now pizza and later pizza. - anonymous
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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away, then whipped into submission full
of leafless weakness spiraling to calm.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
I am fairly regular
No coffee for me
Remember Instagram initial notes
of opening then changed to ones of loss.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
When i write
I have no structure
I'd like to understand
to read a book, to navigate the lines
conjured, assessed for logical design.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
will float to strangers' calendars, and guide
reparations with votes and country pride.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
uplifted children flying, screeching songs,
"Impossible!" Themselves are proven wrong.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
exhausted veins around the pulsing mind,
but first behind the greeting devil's grin.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
about the shortages of food, the bane
of patriots, the reader feels the pain.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
but hitting snooze decreases reading time,
and books may thrill with faithful actions mimed
prolonging sentiment of flitted crimes.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
events that race outside protected gates
of empathy, but reading time abates
whenever forks are lacking chocolate.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
to murder seventeen. Reports abused
with fiction time returned to students' truth
like lilies fronting caskets viewed in rooms.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
tucked in black soldiers pockets like old coins
they flipped for freedom, or like newer coins
marking the lines for patriots to join.*
*August 1778 Battle of Rhode Island included 1st Rhode Island Regiment. Of 225 soldiers 140 were black soldiers of which 88 were slaves who would be given freedom, and their owners compensated, because they fought for the colonial army.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
switched to the muted trumpet of her voice
sheared of death. She cautioned with notes of force
to keep sitting as if I had a choice.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird