Friday, January 05, 2007

Valentines Day

Valentines Day

my daddy adored
mama, his heart died the day
she rejected him
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her hair a red blaze
he was in a daze, listen!
then she said, "I do"
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mama's favorite was
herself, daddy never did
measure up-what's love?
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cut out a photo
of home-pasted on doily
baby loves mama
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Lock her up, lock her
heart shaped red jello, kiss a
fellow: she chain-smoked
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red smoke hung over
my pastel, rubbed the paper
didn't skip a beat

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