What Thomas Wolfe Said…

“Stucco”
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“And he never had the sense of home so much as when he felt that he was going there.  

It was only when he got there that his homelessness began.”

Thomas Wolfe, You Can’t Go Home Again

 

I don’t exist here

not in dust

nor echoes

UR stucco heart jagged

gate fixed

Yet perdition leaks in

w/mourning doves’ censure

effacing refuge

 

 

Tweeted Monday, February 11, 2013 at 6:33 p.m. CST

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Jack of Hearts

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Audrey Schwartz Rivers
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Knave bluffs

leers retrograde rebukes

cuts hand dealt

draws black aces

Guilt’s trump card

Since he already lost

goes all in

Jokers wild

 

Tweeted on Saturday February 2, 2013 at 4:57 pm CST

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Rituals: At Thanksgiving Day

Happy Forgiving Day

distant kin

eat hearts out

Sudden death play-offs

tackle tribe rivalries

siblings ledger scores

Discard all leftovers

 

 

Tweeted on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 11:07 p.m. CT

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First Born

Anointed

blue ribbon shrine

pristine shoes

Daddy toe waltzes

bedroom sanctum

car keys

genetic guilt

default executor

Last shovelful of dirt

 

Tweeted on Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. CT

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Road Not Taken

Sadly, UR taut noose unravels

Death nigh & memories naught

Girded in uncertainty

U shunned exotic paths,

the only journey to happiness

 

 

Tweeted  Sunday, June 3, 2012 at 6:03 p.m CDT

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White Light

Do the dying tally hours

or cast moments into days?

Dwell in vicissitudes

or inconsequential dreams?

Can luminosity pierce grave’s finale?

 

 

Tweeted Saturday, March 17, 2012 at 6:45 pm CST

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Family Vacation

Poetweeter’s Note:  Another title change from “Family” to “Family Vacation.”

Never speak of love,

empathy, tolerance

Keep such cursed words

from lips & heart

Censor benevolence

Deny forgiveness

Welcome home

 

 

 

Tweeted Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 2:30 pm CDT

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Bequest

Built UR kitsch dream house

No one allowed on gold carpet

kids & pets confined 2 cellar

30yrs later in hospice

alone in shag carpet reverie

Tweeted on July 12, 2010 at 2:19 a.m.

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Family Secrets

Tell no family secrets

cancers, Zoloft

our posh facade’s 2 liens

Play Harlequin

Wear zirconia,

nibble tartar

& save  $$  4 marble crypt

Tweeted July 9, 2010 at 9:07 p.m.

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Sabbath

U swear

Nails on slate

razors embroider ivory wrists

purple palms stain rosy cheeks

kisses bite lips

duck&cover childhood

of nuclear words

Tweeted: December 19, 2009 at 11:04 p.m.

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