Could be any new year: poems

1997 - from news articles & photos

children run away
Dad's seven-grand Harley leaves
no money for food
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Maryland
wipes plates clean
no Rebel flag tag
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on a small inlet
dozens of waders, some ducks
close look: duck decoys
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kiddy (mini) jet--
recruiter hand signals left
onto busy street
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1998 - actual

cat waiting

for the outside door

to be opened

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cat's urgent 'meows'

her food dish empty

while I'm eating lunch

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Living in Arkadelphia, early 2000s

ice storm displacement

boy and calico catching

a few extra Zs

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petitioning the board

to let him become

a cheerleader

(Dan Gathright, Arkadelphia)

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c 2018, PL, dba lovepat press, Benton AR