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What is the meaning of dubious? It is unsettlement of mind. Or are they unresolved questions? Miss aligns morals or morality itself. What can be made of uneasiness and uncertainty of mind? Is your future clearly shining through a glass ball. Uncertainty is what dubious means. Not quite right. The sense of less-than-ness that fills the mind, What can it be? Dubious is this poem. On the edge of…

  It is sweet and mild. So pretty and petite, With delicate steps forward, You reach the crystal-clear waters of life. And drink its pure streams. Telephone Line— Networking is like speaking into a mirror. What do you see, and what do you speak? An image of yourself to a stranger on the phone, what do you think? Life is a puzzle which can never be explained, and what do you see in the…

The Road to Tender Hearts by Annie Hartnett Rating 2 out of 5 Content Warning: Domestic Violence, Neglect, Substance Abuse, and Sexual Content Sadly, I read the whole thing in a matter of weeks but was left with a dark, empty place in my heart. At times, reading it was funny, and the characters are engaging. You want the best for them, even though the main characters repeatedly make the same…

It’s endings that got turned around in my hands. Today’s Monday. Mondays are one. Windows were open, outside hot winds, But for two old ladies.   I sat in a cool room. Crisp air was biting this wall— A wide sign, not a symbol— From foreign lands across the Pacific Ocean.   They were ugly in there. Grimacing, while drinking Coca Cola, And their ugliness was part, no, Of being this close to…

  In cold rain, it pours I watched the green grass— Standing water. The rain is wet With the smell of grass and earth. The rain is cold With the sound of the firs. And then Out of the thick grey sky Flying swiftly Speeding Swirling above the treetops The American Robin comes, Moving, Moving Loud song Storm wind in the branches. And when the American robin has passed Behind them A crystal train of…