C.L. Bledsoe
2 Poems
weight
the days add weight like so much lead dropped on our toes
make noise in creaky leather shoes they want free domination is not love are you saying my father loved me
asles kept me in bed so long i forgot how to wakeearly witness the sun dreary eyed and honest before its morning cof fe (a) (e)
tures include widescreen version theatrical trailer and inno cen (ts) (ce)
in the sand don’t cut the feet like glass though waves don’t flatten like a trainyour pets to live free this lesson may save your soul
cakes and tea will keep life in meet death head on though preferably leaning slightly to the left
ist rhetoric will not balance wasteevery moment you’re paid to use savor your free time
to take out the trash try not to cry if the neighbors can see yousaid i could be anything i wanted i want to be anything
is better than nothing not quite so good as fud gest because you can’t feel doesn’t mean I shouldn’t brea the
best way to kill the poor are cities they saywhat you like lies are like lead
rabbits
the quick rabbit keeps his luck the slow
fade of paper in the sun reminds me that wisdom doesn’t lastnight I saw a beetle crawling in my bathroom arrogant and perfect
ion comes for those who waitgain is envied by those who’ve lost faith
said to shut the hell up and drivebefore you those who’d do you harm
ony reinforces structure makes things more apparently they think farm life is easy this is a myth
ology tell us to trust our childrenmake pies from mud to eat the days we’ve forgotten something
important will come up if you have to lies fill the floor like so much lint in pocket
s of low pressure cause storms overyour shoulder is just air the; sky holds nothing for you;
need to learn about the world the fox eats the slow