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She Might Just Ask You If You Can Spare a Dollar

Posted on November 18, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. This poem is up to no good. She’s a dirty rotten scoundrel, a mangy mongrel stray. She’s been on the streets for days and days without a shower or a song. Frankly, she’s got nothing left, and nothing left … Continue reading →

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Paradise Ave

Posted on March 27, 2017 by whimsygizmo

.. There’s a lady on the corner holding court with garbage rats and silence. Sometimes, she sings. This little light and the fight song from her alma mater. Most times, she listens; this broken breeze ballooning her sleeves as if … Continue reading →

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Sidewalk Talk {Sans Chalk}

Posted on February 25, 2016 by whimsygizmo

I am stumbling around these city streets; I have nowhere to lay my weary head, no slice of ground to call home. My affinity for loneliness and loss has me one with the rumble of silence, the holy heart of … Continue reading →

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