read these at big blue marble friday:

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

o little roach
did you know your mama?
or did you hatch
one of millions
together & alone?
did it take you days
or weeks
or months
to grow a half-inch long
before your final breath?
you can't say
& i might never know
but one thing sure:
you made me
a lot more aware
of the look
& feel
& taste
of take-out spaghetti

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my muse,how could you
walk out on me this way?
didn't i treat you right?
i gave you
everything i had
& more

i lied for you
stole for you
killed for you
died for you
& tho
from time to time
i chased another muse
i always loved you best
& came back to you for more

give me one more chance,o muse
& i'll crush whole worlds for you
steer my winged steed beyond the stars
that spin in spiral streams
& in the empty reaches there
where no mind has gone before
weave elastic webs of cosmic silk
stretched around the formless dust
& with my diamond blade
carve living shapes of unknown kind
make nature take new laws

but first
let me show you
what those other muses
showed me

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