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Message from a Dead Mother

The Soul In Need and the Giver RJHoffman I wouldn’t want to take anything that makes you happy and it’s

Seven swallows pecking seeds chasing chickadees and bickering A surly sparrow not necessarily the strongest but the meanest strikes back

Bakers and Butchers Two voices loosely strung together, symbiotic each with unknown origins prying forward with the least resistance through

The One Who Taught You Everything by RJ Hoffman I’m the One who taught you everything that birds can fly

Grandma swore when she spoke And with her tongue She gave a nasty poke to anything Grandpa said Good or

Feelin’ a little goofy and thinking about Jerry Reed, who did some great social commentary and satire, along with being

It’s cold outside I think I’ll wait another day to say what I feel today I cannot think and feel

Franklin Folksterhubris He sees literally not by literary means the tarot of existence Literature is for dreams – he says

I walk with voices that speak of dread Surviving death blows inside my head All the while my feet are

It’s as if Christ took a shot and karma and missed. But since it was Christ the judge said case