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"November"                                  2016

22/12/2016

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PictureDexter is the author of a book of poems "Shallow" (Voices of a small man) and a fiction novel, "Missing Ties".
when angels secretly tarry coals aiding doubts travels
little puppet on strings
when sleepless nights warm feelings of strangers tug your lines
warm to the touch   soft to desire
of inside outside mind games  with no winners
 It is safer to know than to not know your safety    
to know you had caught your fur on a lonely battlefield morning   
dodging bullets from unseen shooters  
while the smile asks that you set yourself straight 
feelings blind betrayed and benevolent
how do  you fight the demons
that run  through your head
then walk away with hope
the stead in your bed
to fight, but in fear
of pigs eating alligators
then keep a straight face
year after year                       
 
 
Copyright 2016 Dexter McMillan. Used with permission of the author. 

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Nigel Schelborn
23/12/2016 03:01:26 pm

Great job man keep them coming!!

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