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I passed a playground

with a cemetery

just across the fence,

not even 6 feet between.

I like to think that

perhaps

the spirits and souls across the fence

find joy in watching the children play.

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I haven’t seen the stars

As clear as this

In

Maybe years?

Maybe never.

But,

It wasn’t clear enough.

I wanted to tell the world,

Shut off the lights!

Let me see them!

Let me see the stars!

Why can’t I see them all?

How beautiful must it be?

The entire twinkling sky,

Unfiltered by light.

I can point out constellations,

But only a few.

Orion,

I’ve always known his Belt.

But the Big Dipper?

I circled the sky,

Head thrown back,

Searching for that spoon.

But I couldn’t find it.

I haven’t seen the true night sky

Enough times in my life

To find even the most famous constellation.

I want to truly see the stars.

I want to study the sky,

Gazing.

But,

The night sky has never been this clear.

And it still

Wasn’t clear enough.

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[mind-sprouts]

Orange Painted Toes

Messy polish job

With color all over the sides of my toes

Uneven, hasty layers

Nail polish staining my fingers

But

The color orange

Reminds me of you.

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Somehow,

All my problems seem insignificant,

As we watch YouTube video essays

With your head

Resting on my lap.

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Daffodils

I want to plant daffodils in my future yard

So when,

100 years from now,

When my house is demolished for some kind of greed,

That my daffodils might survive,

regrowing, year after year

As proof of the loving home that once stood there.

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