Repository posits story
Play things outgrown
Melancholy totems witness
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She brought me thanksgiving food
As I stayed at the cheap motel
Cheap being $80 night
Comfort gravy mattress hot bath
I hugged her all the way back to her ride there some friends car
Years and years I never saw my kids
On any holiday, not on their birthdays
As bones features grew and hair changed by dye or piercings their face
To fit in whatever clique
At least it ain't vagabond
Material needs they got task jobs for
Dog walking burger floor cleaning
Showing up on time
Photos and artwork give thanks
Years years eternal showcase family harmony
Not the warmest word repository
For heart bedding pillow magic lazy giggles
Boxes sort out the crayons unused
We didn't use crayons much
Our avante garde creation kitchen lab
School sent a few home with glued together construction hearts
Fond found findings america
Who knew the starving pilgrims needed new socks and tofurky
The tables turned upset
Put out to pasture piece by piece the old rocker warps
The pie sweetens pumpkin never apple
The crust could be flakier but not today
It's almost juneteenth solstice
Baby ain't a baby unless they say so
I'm fine with leftovers
Best service since they made toast for mom and me and brought it up our long wooden stairs so proud
One kid opening the door
The other balancing the delivery tray
Toast crumbs dabbed up with the fingertip from the saucer
Until every morsel consumes
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The chemtrail its cliche disperse
Crow bitch over blackberry tentacles
Hurries the piss as discreet as allowed
School rainbow almost-summer gear on the grounds
I pick up the smallest trash
Torn corners from opened junk food granola juice bags
It fades plastic joining plastic
Poem a dog shit repository finding home
The aerosol into treeline projects
By contrast beautiful my crayon succinct
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