Nine minutes

All the time I have left of this thought

in the New Year

One thought

through the stares

and whispers

this homeless soul

lost, mumbling and cursing

hating all of life

on a night meant for optimism and hope

Two minutes

I realize they lied to me

quicker than I previously thought

I did not believe in this night

I usually do not

but I try to

every year

I really try hard to believe

that it will all be positive from now on

Here’s the train…

We’ll see

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(written on pen & paper)

Judgments sail through the American sky

like the eagle we chose to represent us

wide-spanned and justified

and too proud

even for a vulture

It is the three-hundred count cotton

stretching the fabric of our independence

because we can

and we will

so therefore we should

at least that is how the story goes

of America

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(written on pen & paper)

I have lost sight of the person

Couches and planes

all around this country

are the homes I never felt comfortable in

growing up

which I never really did

Another state

four hours difference

although the time

the proverbial now

is more accurate than the then

I was convinced was all there was

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It is a Wednesday evening

I have Biggie in my ears

on the subway

and the sun is setting my fears

as I head into “the city”

Manhattan

the movie, the myth, the black & white ghost

for an adventure of some sort

in the city of all sorts

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You are reading this

as a result of gratitude

These words exist

because of someone’s curiosity

You

the one person who this is intended for

are a care within someone’s life

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everyday when I walk to the train station

or walk from the train station

i pass dozens of your typical queens-type houses

all of them are raised two-stories

with basement closets that have been converted

as the third and final story

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Believe in the right people!

Everyone needs someone to believe in them

but not everyone is healthy for you to believe in

We all have limits

on what we can give, can receive

before the balance of our lives becomes disrupted

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