Kitty

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Will you be there for me?
You will be there for me.

Will you know what to say?
You will know what to say.

Will you Listen to me?
With your ear to my heart.

In the dark, what of that?
You will reflect my light.

When I hope, may we meet?
You are Hope embodied.

Give-Up Girl

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I’m calling this poem, ‘How to Give Up Hope’

For four Novembers, I have been wishing for words to write it

They have escaped me

Forgive me, though I cannot forgive myself

I have no wisdom-filled ink

Except to write, be careful of virtue, it may enslave you

Tie you to the table and leave you starving, Hope

For this reason, you must

Give up, Hope

Lizard Legs

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I look at this skin

I see it, I see hope

Splotchy, yellow-blue at times

Like the shades of a bruise

Slow-moving

At the pace of a lizard’s cool blood

Sometimes

Yet always

Legs to carry it and a thick exterior

To protect it

Should it pain me or try to run

Is all I know to do

We Keep Hope

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Winter and alone
Unbearable uncertainty
God what will you do
When wind forces its way to the door
Carrying icy-cold information
Crystalizing shut
The truth after all
There’s no school today
Hooray

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