Tag: Poppy
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Lost Blossom
There was a time when you mattered The last bloom On the Rose of Sharon Of The Season In which your spirit did not survive Another fall Falls near As the sky Or a petal from a poppy Or a child of God Did you really believe that? That there was a time when it…
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Waiting
She came into my life the year your father left. They breathed the same air in my world for 3 months. For 3 years since he died I’ve been waiting on profound insights. For 18 days since she died I’ve been waiting on profound insights. Now I get it. There aren’t any.
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Stage 2 Anger
The **** giveth and the **** taketh away But *** is a little bitch Who takes all the Poppies away.
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Sewing
Thread 1: Lucy saved me Tuesday and Wednesday from coming home to an empty window where Poppy used to sit, faithfully waiting for me (Picture 1). Yesterday, there was only an empty window and a slit in the curtains that Poppy would poke her head through (Picture 2). Thread 2: The other day I was…
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floppy ears, as they should be
she came on a Sunday left on a Wednesday it wasn’t like it was a special day she liked leaves and maybe be leaving too come to think of it when it’s time to go let ‘er go ears against the wind flipped inside out the way they should be Postscript, if…
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Blog Bryan Has Insisted I Write For Some Time Now
Things my dogs have eaten: My pristine Blackberry 8530. My Emmie chewed right through the ALT button and I had to buy me a whole new phone because a broken ALT button means you can’t properly punctuate texts and emails. (Did you know that new 8530s are $500??) My Blackberry phone charger …
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Insurance Denied
My oldest daughter, Poppy, doesn’t qualify for health insurance. Website says, We’re sorry. My daughter’s age and/or pre-existing condition(s) disqualify her for true coverage but as a soft sendoff, I could purchase an “accident only” plan, which would not cover hospitalization or the setting of bones or the stitching of wounds. It would “cover” a…
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Stuff
Yesterday, after hours of lying on the couch, my eyes spied upon an empty Priority Mail box and I challenged myself to see the poetry in the lines of the box. Lines have a point and all that. I couldn’t be bothered in the end but I have no doubt there is meaning in that…
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Update on the Update of Motherhood.
I am now a mother!!!!!!!!!!!! Poppy and I are getting along famously in our 24-hour relationship. She is an older dog, at four, but she’s everything I wanted in a dog. She doesn’t understand stairs and it takes about 40 minutes of walking for her to poo (even after 30 minutes in the crate after…
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