Together
So close when they were
Younger, their small heads were fused
When they arrived here.
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Statement
Must be sensible
With every cent—phone, food, lights
And rent. Fun undone.
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Inauguration
Some, more than a few
Blasts rocked downtown Bogotá
Killing seventeen.
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Char
The transition from
Warm to white hot is not
Subtle. Skin shrieks.
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Gasp
Blue black pain beats
From farthest appendages.
Soft breath vanishes.
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Newborn
Seventeen hours
In a trash can is a hell
Of a way to start.
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Malfeasance
Theft of more no more
Shakedown swindle and a hand
Full of lies seized.
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School
The teacher is old
The books are old. The students
Young and underwhelmed.
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Devotion
Frozen rosary
Sends frightened children any
Where but home. Faith, child.
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Supplication
Jump in late rally—
Please lift the market! I sway
Among gains and losses.
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Alzheimer's
She's in good spirits—
Physically, is in good shape.
She just forgot you.
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Companion
Tattered sign flutters
Its story faded by sun
Yet screams: Lost! Reward!
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Allie sometimes works as a web developer/producer. Other times she doesn't work at all. Working is less stressful than not working, but all this not working does makes her feel more like a poet and less like a cog in a machine. She can be contacted at agerlach@excite.com.
