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POETRY BY MARY E CODY
From Sullivan's Short Stories
THE POET
Words spill across the page like
Blood spatter from self-inflicted
Wounds
Piercing the reader's soul
Pleasure gained
From the sacrifice of the
Writer
Time pours it's healing balm
And scars of memories fade
Again
Until once again Erato
Reminds him of wrongs
Forgiven
by Mary E. Cody
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WHAT AWAITS
Anticipation
Like lyrics to music
Incomplete on its own
I wonder
What it will be like?
Casting the Horoscope
Searching for omens
Leaves me no wiser
I must trust
In chaos
Things outside of myself
I must have
Faith
Mary E Cody
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ONLY A DOG
A house too quiet
No padding of paws Happy barking on my return
Clink of metal collar links Against the water bowl
Old dog snores in the night
Soft brown eyes That never judged
Pure heart Incapable of deceit
How I mourn the loss Of something so special
Not human Something more Than a human can Ever be
Some would say He was only a dog
I would say If only a dog
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COMMANDER
Squatting in its Art Deco chrome carapace
Barely visible in the night foggy mist
Emitting rays of neon light
The diner looks like the mother ship
Waiting for the crew of night shift
Robots to re-fuel using greasy spoons
And cups of Joe
Inside on the flight deck
Sits one sad soul
Sodden in an old wet wool
Boozy smelly coat
Dripping rain water into
The split hide of the booth
Seat oozing bits of yellowish
Stuffing like an autopsy in progress
Studying the fly and food
Speckled menu
Fingers moving along
Braille bumps of dried eggs
He fills his hunger with
The smell of the griddle
The sight of the rotating
Carousel of pies
As Commander of this ship
He places his order
Settles in to watch the
Universe outside the window
Placing packets of sugar
Crackers and ketchup in
His pockets for when they reach
The far reaches of the Galaxy
He waves goodbye to Earth
By Mary E Cody
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