I need the chance to/
view what I can do with a/
new muse in those shoes!
OR
Give me a chance to/
view what poetry can do/
to a new shoes muse!
I need the chance to/
view what I can do with a/
new muse in those shoes!
OR
Give me a chance to/
view what poetry can do/
to a new shoes muse!
I figured out how/
to cure my sinuses and/
coughs: snort wasabe.
Or
eat wasabe.
Wild geese fly over/
my mid-mountain lake, calling/
me back to my home.
OR
calling /
back my memories.
It surprises me/
that something so simple could/
bring such bad feelings.
After fourty years,/
it’s hard to let something go/
because it’s not me.
How can she read my/
poems about the moon and not/
know they’re meant for her?
OR
know they’re about her?
I dislike learning/
something new at the expense/
of relationships.
OR
I dislike learning/
something new/
at the expense of keeping/
my great relationship with you.
Let the answer be:/
“NO!” It brought me nothing but/
messed up sheets and guilt.
OR
mussed sheets and sadness.
How can I tell you/
of my joyous return when/
you already left?
OR
How can he tell her/
of his joyous return when/
she already left?