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    © 2025OlderBy FlatDaddyDays lumber into nibs    nights creak foreverGood times erase themselves with lost memories    bad ones multiply in puddlesPain shakes hands with madness    while elbows wobbleRain falls in my closet    where holes nap on...

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    • I recently wrote a piece about aging too. I visit my mother in her apartment building every weekend and I see others there, just hanging out in the lobby alone. She says they never get guests and that many of her neighbors are jealous of her consistent visitors. It made me sad to think about all the stories sitting in silence. I’ll post it in honor of this poem and its message

    • Well, we’ve gotten here, you and I, and now our elbows wobble. (and all that other stuff) But doesn’t it beat the alternative? Maybe a little Neil Young is called for:

      Old man lying by the side of the road
      With the lorries rolling by
      Blue moon sinking from the weight of the load
      And the buildings scrape the sky
      Cold wind ripping down the alley at dawn
      And the morning paper flies
      Dead man lying by the side of the road
      With the daylight in his eyes
      Don’t let it bring you down
      It’s only castles burning
      Find someone who’s turning
      And you will come around

      • I’m not sure if you got my response to your Neil Young tribute for me, Sam. Sometimes I forget that when replying to a comment, one should click the Reply button directly below the comment to which one is replying. Usually, I notice immediately, then I copy it, paste it using the correct Reply button, then delete my original. But I have the sneaky feeling that I’ve screwed it up other times and come off looking like a shit.

        But I left out of my below comment something I meant to say to you: “Old Man, look at my life, I’m a lot like you only a lot better looking.” Man, that guy sure knows how to write, huh, Sam?

    • Well, Neil Young isn’t my favorite (it”s the voice), but he’s a hell of a writer, so I’ll take this with a big thank you, my friend. And a big Ho, Ho, Ho, too!

    • This one walks like a wounded animal—slow, deliberate, and not asking for pity.
      That rain in the closet and reflection lying flat? That’s grief stripped of metaphor and still standing there, breathing.

      • Damn, Thomas, you nailed it! Uh huh. You always say the nicest things, my friend — and I sure do like the way you talk. Thank you!

  • This is my “Magic of Poetic Voice” submission

    The Beast Confession
    Confessions are made to come from the heart
    To make you feel the weight of it
    Whether is it good or bad from the start
    I need you to sit and understand me a bit

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    I'll Wait

    Not good with surprisesYet here you areYou approached timidly at firstThen the nervousness showedWhat was more  endearingyour approach or the executionI was not looking in your directionYou made my head turnYou made my mind stay on younew questions and...

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    covet

    in your dark days I want to be the lightsmiling sunshine and parting the shadowsit is in me to need but I long to give to youcherished desire you are beautifulpassion's rebellion to serve youon my knees to please...

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    • Beautifully penned, Brenda. Such a lovely write my friend. Appreciate you.

      Damian

      • thank you graciously dearest Damian you touched my heart with your comment ❤️

    • Chère C.,
      I had to look up what the title means. And I understood the gist well.
      The poems goes very well with the artwork.
      Another outstanding write.
      Pet je af (Dutch), hats off to you!
      Kind regards, Gus

      • hello dearest Gus it always amazes me when people know more than one language like you… I’m happy this worked for you thank you graciously ❤️

        • I love to fool around with languages. But I know I have to be careful.

          The fun is in the things I don’t understand.
          We say petje (one) af. You say hats (more than one) off.
          I have one head and consequently one petje to take off. It amazes me that the English speaking people seem to have more than one head.

          Gus

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    sin'sations

    darkly I come daring you to see meresist the urge to touchmy cold would burnsalacious thoughts draws us togetherbut darlin I'm not prettypain overflows and makes me jealousa quality I resentquietly I listen to your thoughtsyou're a woman's manI...

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