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And I Will Kiss Her Softly

all of her 
marginalia
memorabilia
is assembled
there on the lawn

at the foot
of the mausoleum

primrose sways
in a steady breeze 
low in the grass
below where faeries hover

creeped-up between headstones,
a ring of keys to heaven beckons
shadows stark on green ground
in glorious morning

everything in order

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they don't make
wooden-match
strike-strips like
they used to

much harder 
now to kindle
conflagration

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One From The Heart

I thought she screamed something about Pushkin,
though she lacked any knowledge of Russian literature

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I imagined once I would be here,
as surely as I remember that day 
now, there upon a time yet living

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True Story

I shape my ciabatta with gravity alone,
holding an edge and letting the opposite pole
of the raw-dough hang, just enough, then I invert
the lengthening piece, and repeat

Sensitive hands can feel 
where to hold, how long (and hard) to press,
and when to turn things around 

Allow the form
to find its form

Consider: the unbaked ciabatta 
is alive

Unlike God, I find 
the best bread rises
on the fourth day

Steam to crust,
ashes to dust

and all that lovely leaven
(so close to heaven)
in between

yeasty, earthy, 
airy chew

like life

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I could live with simply quaint,
couldn't you?

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Come on! Sing along with me!
(You will need to create your own melody and rhythm)
Et voilà comment c'est ça, no?
Si! Et voilà comment le cookie s'effrite!

(Hint: Have fun with those "S" sounds and one-syllable words in the middle)

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So let the ball bounce and sing-along,
life - methinks - is truly that simple

Happy Birthday, Mitch.  Mitch lived to be 99,
would be 110 years old, July 4th, 2021. 






off-spring

instead of grass,
I grow clover

typically 
I keep it trim

but lately in the back
and on moonlit nights
I let it roam wild

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Rue

so sorry we waited 
so long, old friend

goodbye

till somewhere,
sometime again

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Rim-shot, Anyone?

I think I would do well
as a comic on the Borscht Belt
because of my rye sense of humor.

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