Hurt
(1978)

A noisy, sweat drenched badger
Does rough, pain wracking things
I will cage it.

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Repression
(1979)

A vulture’s stare
icy, cold, sharp
Smother’s my mind
in a vacuum.
I will suffocate.

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Tired
(1981)

Need
sleep.

Things
jumble
up
in
my
mind.

I
can’t
think
anymore.

Tired.

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Children
(1981)

Uncertain people
Young, Innocent, and Eager,
Trying to learn life.

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Epigram for Childhood
(1981)

The lazy, sunny, summer days of my
childhood were spent laying in the tall,
cool grass among the fresh, new violets
looking up at a bright, blue, summer sky
filled with soft, fluffy, carefree clouds.