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Misunderstood | Judy Moskowitz

To be misunderstood
The silent pain
A misplaced person
In a formatted world
Mismatched shoe
Walking through the fog
Of astigmatism
Speaking in tongue
Waiting
For a special delivery
With the excitement of a
Child envisioning a box
Medium in size
Wondering what you had
In mind
But it never arrived
The how or why
No longer matters
Getting lost
In the crossed wires
Of a misunderstanding
Your inner workings ripped
Shredded like tissue
Who misconstrued
When you never existed

Living in My Brain | Russ Cope

Living in my brain
is sweaty and messy,
a complicated affair.
There are many rules
and rituals to follow.
There are many stories
trickling by slowly.
Maybe this all goes
to explain the insomnia.

Joy Spring | Stan Morrison

I lie in my room
and welcome the rain
this renewing rain
foretelling of spring
the grass and trees
invent the new season
such a burst of buds
and promising shoots
ancient recipes of change
effortlessly unfold
everyday splendor
I humbly give thanks

Stealthy | Tandem

Sugar suede velour
darkness
closing noise up in
wordless mouth
muffled footsteps
until a pile of fine
china
clatters
to the ground.

Find Myself | Roger Still

I find myself among
the litter and the leaves,
among the cast-off elements
of many days.
I wasn’t even looking for
myself but there I was
amid the clutter and sound,
my face smiling back at me.

Application Process | Russ Cope

Sign here, date
next to your name,
initial three times after
you take note of the fine
print… here is a magnifying
glass so you can read
all of the page…
wait at least six months,
call three times, leave
an angry voice mail.
I’m sorry, we did not
receive your application.
Are you sure you sent it?

My Only Muse | Mónika Tóth

dedicated to my nice Romanian friend Vasile

my only muse
a day without you
is a day without hope
my only muse
a day without you
is a day without happiness

Ravenous | Edgar Law

A wide mouth brimming
wants to swallow all
Grief, time, contemplation
A hunger that will not rest
at bay grinds its molars.

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