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Joel Herman
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Mother, child
Cave-like sunken brows hide perpetually water leaking eyes wrinkled skin sagging and swinging as she turns her head my mother looks and doesn't know...
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Autumn Sun
I walk with a slight hitch in my step. One leg longer the other. Every day since birth... telling that story of why I walk with a limp, but that’s...
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My brother's funeral
I watched a funeral today A man got up and started to talk He couldn’t help but cry It was his brother who had died As he choked on his words I felt...
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What do you say you will be
What do you say you will be Children sitting in a ring With fragile hands dancing Stretched towards sky I’ll be a fire-fighter I’ll be a teacher I’ll...
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Why the Water Turns White III
A boy chases after a dog at 3:28 PM the day after the incident of the pebble and the pint glass. The dog is an old Irish sheep dog. The boy is small...
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