Voices Carry-Till Tuesday

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Looking Back
-Entry #3

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU DREAM?

I have the same dream
over and over
I am running away
from an intruder
in the night

The running
never ends
until
mom wakes me up
but even though
the dream is over
I am still frightened
for both of us


AUGUST DAY

Birthday
balloons
friends
cake
gifts
little girls all over my backyard
...Thank You


CLUB 41

Every Sunday afternoon
I am slid into a booth of maroon vinyl
with several quarters
to buy Coke or bags of chips

Sometimes I even play Skeeball
if the adults don't mind

They usually don't
because they are up at the bar
laughing and smoking
and drinking
...my cares away

CAT NAP

Asleep on the couch
with the t.v.
on in the background

We curl up
under a blanket of dreams
and drift away
from
the Days of Our Lives

PHOTOGRAPH

I have a picture
in my mind
of you holding my hand on a crowded city street

I am only 8 or 9
and you are smiling

I want to go back there again

just for one day
with a camera, for safe keeping

I LOVE YOU

Do you know
how much I loved
to see you
fast asleep?