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The Day I Burned Down The Entire World
by Michael Plante I was deemed defiant as a child,which translates to, “he does get along with others”.Possible autism, poor motor control and a speech impediment.Some things can be corrected, others cannot. After the source of the fire was revealed,after the court hearing,after the many tests and doctors,they said, “he emotionally upset with his parents’…
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A Sailed Ship
by Michael Plante Remember me as I was,for time has stolen my mindand my body has come to still.I shall never sail the water’s deep again,or twist the tides of youth.Those days are goneas is my mind. Open to a page,any page will do.Caress the words that flow the memoriesof my journey that saw a…
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Everybody Smokes Crack
by Michael Plante Plumes released into the night skya million stars to play withstreet dancers call out to dreamerswanting more than they can handle. A piece of luxury upon my pipepays the rent above the soilhell pays the price when the wicked come to restlike the rust that consumes heaven’s gates. We all chase illusions…
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A Death In Mimico
by Michael Plante The time on the clock stopped at 12am.far off in the distance I could hear the motors of the waiting trainsthe sodium lights cast an orange hue into the darknessfrom the yard where the nightshift worked. The humming of the motors lasted into the nightand I sat there with you one last…
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Cheez Whiz Sandwiches
by Michael Plante Pink motels along the highwayfornication with a syringeso blinded by the sickness I can’t seeany way around this life.When I was a child I never had a gunjust a stone I threw through a windowI was just trying to wake you upbut you were passed out on the floor. I remember you…
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