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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 1d

the lies & bullshit
keep gettin deeper,

but i refuse
to wallow & sink -

love elevates &
kindess sharpens

wits & knives -
tools of the trade.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 2d

Thx

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 2d

i open up the window
to get some fresh air
on my wounds -

let the breeze caress
my jagged skin &
heal me where it can -

the dust & prayers
it carries wash over
& bring me peace.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 8d

thankful for each
minute that's spent
passing beauty
on to others -

the world is connected
no matter how hard
we try to disconnect it
& isolate ourselves.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 9d

unable to deal with
The Big World,
my brain focuses on
The Small World -

sweeping room corners
& wiping windows clean,

catching a beam of sun
& thankful for the breeze.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 10d

Yes, it’s a beautiful photo.

…

And yes, my 80’s kid won’t let me NOT hear the theme from “Airwolf” while looking at it

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 12d

post date
this post mortem
& send me away
postage due -

i'm looking for
the horizon
& hoping it'll
be here soon.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 12d

the trees are laughing at us -

shedding dry crisp memories
& watching us die a thousand deaths,

drowning in our shame & foolishness,
hanging on to all that came before -

refusing to let go & grow.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 13d

democracy dies
with a flurry of donation
texts, calls, & emails -

a desperate smooth hand,
unaccustomed to labor
reaching into my pocket.

maybe do your job,
callous up them palms
& then we’ll talk money.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 15d

they keep telling me
that it's a new day dawning,

but it looks like the same
old song & dance to me -

dusty figureheads
past their prime,

clutching to power
they never really understood.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 16d

cobblestone skies
& oak leaf sidewalks,

breathing in the last gasps
of an ancient summer,

trading one skin for another
& grateful for it.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 17d

sunshine from the horizon,
meeting it here
somewhere below the clouds,

prayers
returned to sender,
postage due.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 18d

the mission
remains the same,

life remains
the same:

be at peace
until the fight,

then fight
until you win

or cannot fight
anymore.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 20d

when the machine breaks,
I’ll drive on
under my own power,

slicing these roads
in half & leaving
no postcards behind.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 21d

heroes are slippery-est
of them all - some kinda
snake in the garden
of your mind,
weaving through the grass
& whispering dangerous
sweet nothings
that rot teeth & dreams
into your ear.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 23d

whitewashed tombs
scream their threats,
burning kindness
at the stake -

but love rises,
like smoke in the sun.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 24d

we keep waiting
for a fresh-faced
savior,

but our weary faces
are the ones
in the mirror

& the one that
will ultimately
save us.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 24d

we’ve forgotten ourselves
again -
drilling for dreams
in deserts of dust,

demanding our hearts
shout “eureka”
into a cold night
rather than burn.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 26d

dreams of solitary trees
in a wind only felt
at night -

awake at 2:37 am
& awaiting the end
of something

before the beginning
of something else
entirely.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 26d

silence is silenced
when we are fed
nothing but noise -

big, beautiful
the best of all
noise -

until we drown out
the static & hear
each other again.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 27d

so many blues
that world turns black,
bunching up on itself
& twisting into knots -

untethered & drifting,
lacking visibility &
drowning in sobs -
we continue.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · 28d

we are led
with bated breath
that stoppers us
into a balloon
full of perplexion -

indignant unto
ourselves & awaiting
answers & absolution
in a morning that
serves only itself.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · Sep 14

we curse the darkness outside
& cradle that within,
nurturing & caring for it
while seeking light -

our own desires deprive us
& shed skin after skin
of the also-rans of
we we once were.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · Sep 10

my disgust runs deeper
than the roots of trees
planted 200 years ago -

running down into places
where tears seep into aquifers
& nourish the rage of today.

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todd writes poetry @toddwritespoetry.bsky.social · Sep 9

the only way to be kind
these days is to
live like an outlaw -

outside the bounds of
popular opinion
where love resides.

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