Bully beware
Back off
Black and blue bruises bounce back
to bite
Burn
Bleed
Brutalize
Hurt someone
Cause tears, heartache
Frustration
It sticks
Cement hardens,
the dirty deed is done
No coming back
Unconditional love
There is no such thing
Don’t you understand?
Actions have consequences
Love, family ties, are no guarantee
Hurt someone long enough
Hard enough
Hit them
Sores
Cry out
Leftover scars
Turn to anger
Hate
Leave
Walk away
Disappear
Go
Don’t look back
Get out
Run
Rush
No time to lose
Take the Step, Do it!
One foot, then the other
Keep moving
Down the road
Toward the distance
Separate
Make the break
Do it Now
Nine beating hearts, 18 hands, 90 toes, hungry to be heard, held, tickled
All at once, in unison
Reaching, grabbing, hitting, kicking, pulling, pinching, screaming for affirmation
Intense, stiff competition to confirm love, life, longing
Rivalry rears its ugly head
Sibling love
Strong, with strings attached,
tied
Tightly with bruised bonds,
bombing
set on mass destruction
Brutalized, black and blue bandaids
Beaten, Bitter hurt
HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT HURT
Painful cries
of kinship
family
Brothers and Sisters
Sandbox play, building castles in backyard boxing ring
Punching bag
Break through, breaking arms
Belting blows
With wind
knocked out
Breath
Flattened
Fighter remains
with worn out love handles
Feeling fear
under thin skin
through fatty tissue and mindful muscle
that holds memory unconscious, captive
with stiff hip sockets
and wobbly knees, that crack when stepping softly
on grinding unbrushed teeth,
clenched lockjaw.
Coursing veins open round the clock for CBC samples
A pulse — steady, slow beat — spirals up the down spinal column,
leaking synovial fluid
to lubricate nervous system and ward off artery occlusion
Pinched nerves at the core plum line, centered
With heat generator set at 98.8 fahrenheit.
Hot flash
Hormonal fueled flow, monthly non-stop menopausal cramps
Rushing to itch unscratched surface
Virginity intact, deflowered
Resulting in full flush
Rosy, red cheeks
Rash
Shy smile
and cute dimples.
Churning, choppy
Adrift in dark, deep riptides
of graying strands
Tangled, twisted strings of seaweed
Tightly taut
Trimmed to eroding hairline
Rough undertow
Parted at center, with 52 split ends
A tidal wave of braided rope
Rushing ringlets
Buoyed and knotted by anchored pearls
Storm surge
a curly kinky raging tide
of fizzling, frantic frizz
Teased coarse tints
Form floating tufts
of bleached streaked faded color
Rippled whipped foam
Combing the salt-and-pepper surf
with furious tall crests, that crash
a hairy ebb and flow, brushing
sandy pink sloping shoulders
Nothing
Blank
No place, nobody
A tiny dot
That waits
to talk
Touch
Breathe
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A snowy, bitter cold morning
standing alone
waiting for the commuter train
headed for work
to New York City
A stranger, a woman, a blonde
smiles beautifully and says
Let’s partner to stay warm, while
waiting for the commuter train
eastward bound
to New York City
Together we find refuge
in the warmth of her car
A white Cadillac, a metal igloo
me on the ready
to run and catch a ride for two
waiting for the commuter train,
the Bergen Mainline
to New York City
Rail rattles, whistle blows
iron horse
roars into the station stop
All aboard!
I run, she laughs trailing close behind
The link is made
a Loving, Everlasting Connection
it happened, while
waiting for the commuter train
traveling across the Hudson
to New York City
Three make-shift walls
Open for peer-to-peer probes
With pushpin-pricked panels, sporting grey canvass
Adorned with revealing to-do post-its
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