blind side

sitting at the dealership

likely for the day

their systems down

by cyber clown - or worse

the waiting room is nice

Keurig coffee

wi fi

comfy chairs

all eclipsed by quiet incessant discourse

Red or Blue

neither budge

each holds a grudge

based on what they KNOW

more like no

there's the rub

distracted by the chance to fight

over clouds and shadows 

ethereal and out of reach

ignoring

heat domes

wild fires

mud slides and the like

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okay

I am enveloped by a film
it's paper thin and brittle

the slightest poke will make it tear
and leak venom and spittle

the leakage gets on everything
it's caustic and it burns

and when I try to clean it up
it spreads at every turn

making all that's good and fair
a pestilential goo

unless I keep control of it
it just might get on you

and so I sit
perfectly still

to keep myself at bay
and ponder what's

inside this film
the one I call okay

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anticipation

stone passes
wonder colors relief
lurkers at the wake

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context

a soup sandwich …
let that marinate

 

is not that bad

in fact it’s rather good

 

when served in a bowl
with a spoon

 

toasted please

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non sequitur

global pandemic

environmental collapse

inequality

certainly priorities

at which egos seem to balk

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slippery slope

a little nuance

allowing you to infer

your heart's desire

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Red

possessing quiet competence she flies

and touches lives

she touches lives across the enterprise

for good

invariably for good

when all is done and said

then again with quiet competence she flies

and leaves our eyes

she leaves our eyes with tears

and a reflected touch of red

invariably good

she is

when all is done and said

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Inspired by and for Erin Holmes.