Cherita #7

fool rolls over in bed

sleeps through the stench
of soiled sheets

hits the snooze
on life’s wake-up call
and decays

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Cherita #6

child went to the river

learned to bait
worms on his hook

released a dozen fish,
but love of nature snagged
was a keeper

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Cherita #5

“Line 5” has corroded

snake oil flows
through aged pipelines

it slithers 12 miles
through Native land
pushing fossilized lies

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Cherita #4

carried mystery novel

bookmark fell
at the scene of the crime

returned to library
one year late and
received $70 fine

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Cherita #2

the crowd pushes through the zoo

well fed creatures
stretch and yawn

screaming children and
tourist waistlines
form the ursine punchline

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Cherita #1

shut the box and locked it

grandma carried the load
to beloved garden plot

among the clementines and lilies
she labored, humming,
and buried it six feet deep

~

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