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To the Unborn

To the Unborn by Michael Romani Clothed in Christ As my redeemer Some around think That I’m a dreamer But, there’s no turning back There is nothing that I lack As I move on forward And ever and always toward … Continue reading

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Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room

Nervous Man In A Four Dollar Room by Michael Romani Jackie Rhoades stumbles into age thirty four Like a blemished dot behind the cheap hotel’s door While some men leave a mark of fragmentary existence All Jackie has are traces … Continue reading

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The Perfect Nanny

The Perfect Nanny by Michael Romani She didn’t know how to die Only how to give away death The story revolves as to why Perhaps, it is all she had left The modality of a perfect nanny For two quickly … Continue reading

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Your Body Is A Metaphor

Your Body Is A Metaphor by Michael Romani There, I said it Your body is a metaphor I’m telling you, sister It’s a real tongue twister One might argue it as intentional And way beyond conventional Problematically slippery when wet … Continue reading

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Super Blue Moon

Super Blue Moon by Michael Romani There’s an extraordinary promise To be found in the super blue moon So she says and in introspection, I compromise Basking in the glow and say we’ll see soon Internally thinking blood moon, blue … Continue reading

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The Man In the Bottle

Continuing with my daughter’s challenge to me, we have a poem based on The Twilight Zone, Season 2, Episode 2: The Man In the Bottle by Michael Romani A couple infinitely patient and quite gentle The Castles have lived life … Continue reading

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King Nine Will Not Return

https://flic.kr/p/qGBbJC Continuing in the Series for my eldest daughter Angie, based on original Twilight Zone series, Season 2, Episode 1 King Nine Will Not Return by Michael Romani The place is Africa in 1943 Where war spits out so violently … Continue reading

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Finding Future In the Past

Based on a Sermon centered on The Book of Joshua:4-5 Finding Future In the Past by Michael Romani In the Word of God, for the People of God We remember the past in praise of God Its a matter of … Continue reading

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In A Field of Waco Lilies

In A Field of Waco Lilies by Michael Romani In this world filled with wonders There are time of profound blunders Like putting faith in hucksters of lost souls Who sell joy through lies that make minds blow And a … Continue reading

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Rules of Femininity

Rules of Femininity by Michael There is something best told Directly and with complete clarity Of how the unspoken happens and unfolds With greatest inadvertent transparency That femininity has its own set of rules That which they don’t teach at … Continue reading

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