Gone
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
The gift is gone
She said
Our love
Is gone
I thought about that truth
And then
Went outside
To
Smoke…
The kids next door
Were building
A snow fort
Enthusiastically
Magically
That too
Will soon
Be gone
I thought
As I lit
Another cigarette
And then I thought
Of that old
Violent Femmes
Song
Gone daddy gone
The...
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Dear Donald J Trump,
If you were an eight-year old playing these fantasy vituperative games of yours in some bedroom, well, that would be one thing. But you are supposedly the most powerful man on this planet. All your absurd and addled plans, all your vindictive tariffs, all your boasts and empty rhetoric DO have consequences in the REAL WORLD. Somehow, inexplicably, you have managed...
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It Is
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I always hated this
But it is what it is
The window
Held together
With duct tape
The cat
Vomiting up
Fur
Balls
The cancer
Out of
Remission
There is no religion
Or philosophy
Beyond human frailty
And greed
It is
What it is
Shadows on a
Giant
Screen
A horse thrown
In a
Steeplechase
It is what...
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All The Decisisions
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I can’t remember
I can’t decide
The trees above me
Are making
All
The decisions
The bare blue
Framework above me
Is making
All
The decisions
As I plod on
In slushy
Melting
Gravity
Some dome above me
Is making
All
The decisions
I can’t remember
I can’t decide
Got conveniently lost
On my way
To the...
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Dichotomy
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I thought you were
A flower
You thought you were
A shadow
I thought you were
A diamond
You thought you were
A coal chute
I thought you were
A dancer
You thought you were
A cripple
I thought you were
A scholar
You thought you were
The village idiot
We played this stupid game
Back and forth
For...
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A Found Poem From Roger Ebert
(1) You clean and clean, but there’s still blood all over the place; (2) You know you have committed a murder, but you are not sure quite how or why; (3) You know you have forgotten a small detail that will eventually get you into a lot of trouble…
There are a lot of monsters that could be added...
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