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aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!

0 posted 2006-07-17 10:10 PM


Spring Cleaning

I look out freshly washed windows
at colored sheets billowing in the breeze
bright plastic clothes pins holding them to the line
The furniture shines and smells of lemons,
reminding me of sucking sugar off of candy drops,
tongue raw as I savor the tangy flavor of summer
The sun turns mundane grains of dust into magic
and they dance through the golden rays
I wonder if I can hold them in my pocket
to release on a dismal day of gray oppression
knowing that magic is an illusion that drifts away
only held in the minds of the innocents, until freed
The scent of fresh cut grass permeates my senses
taking me back in time to skinned knees, bicycles
and braids that can't capture all the wisps of hair
Pensively, looking out at the summer flowers
I wonder how much more I can clean
before I have to clear the dusty boxes of my past
to make room for new dreams.

aziza

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passing shadows
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1 posted 2006-07-17 10:36 PM


sounds just like me
Billy_tha_Kidd
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2 posted 2006-07-17 10:41 PM


tidy!
aziza
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Lumpy Oatmeal makes me Crazy!
3 posted 2006-07-18 05:07 PM


Thank you for reading and commenting.  I am a bit of a head in the clouds dreamer!

aziza

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