If you sit on the left, you'll get a better view of the #mountain when we land.

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She calls
I'm so sorry
For all these thoughts
Up in my head
On sex and death and suicide
Pour from this book
That I just read
I'm chewing
On my knees and ankles
Heads up in a #cloud of smoke
My baby
Gives me a silence
Thick enough
We could choke

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#bequests are easy
The rest, not so
Letters, certificates
Executors' woe
Affadavits and riders
Leave those left worn
Inheritance is fine
If you get time to mourn.

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No #reprieve
Still alive
We'll rest up when we're not
No regret
Wild ride
This life is all we've got

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People
Urging
Righteousness?
Ignore
Their
Yapping

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#Renounce my name, but locked in this body, what good can it do? Stitches and bolts all they see. My father's shame, his monstrosity. Yet I hope. Hope to find those sympathetic. Those who would see only a man, of his own making

My name is Dan Franksten.

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Squirrels and Flicker
Rapping on rooftop resounds
Autumn's alarm clock

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#Nuture my nature
Best as I can
Remember my roots
Check my wingspan
Whether we've risen
From blueprints or chance
Im certain
I am only
What I am

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Birthday candles blown
Another roll round the sun
Guess what I wished for

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Dead #reckoning
Know where you are
By studying where you've been
History repeats
At least this time
You can remember
To bring a paddle.

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What shall we #hunger for?
Justice and truth?
Freedom and liberty?
A hot meal and a roof?
What shall we thrist for?
Magic and love?
Vengeance and power?
To rise up above?
Are we able?
Appetites drive
Compare compromise
Find we all share the same table

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The kid has moved out
We recline in our own chairs
Middle age #passion

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Autumn rolls in on a chariot of fog
Summer #embarks in a squall,
carried off to bide time with Spring
Winter waits patient as death.

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#Stormy skies loft us into fall
Fireworks and parades
Neatly folded into memory
We shift mothballs
Finding sweaters
Bright as leaves
To ward off the new length of night

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Equinox #conflict
Autumn rains squelch Summers fire
Both leave branches bare

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Autumn's dance begins
Blueberries don golden gowns
Geese honk out a tune.

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#Marvel the lad
In his golden suit
A grand sight to behold
And me a dad
Astounding proud
For the gift of a son so bold.

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First grapes have fallen
Autumn waits round the corner
As I gather wine

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#Explore. I did til
X marked the spot
Pirates provided
Loot that I sought
Oh lucky me
Recovered the lot
Enough, just, for the parrot I bought

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Linger that last note
#sustain the song with feedback
Dont forget to rock

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