Poem #36

As my astute reader will notice, I haven't been posting my daily poem this week. I have been having some issues lately regarding depression and medication. This has been reflected in my absolute obsession with my own brain of late. This trend will likely continue, but today I am posting the rest of the poems for the week so that I can get on with it.

She is Poochie-pink memories
and Pretty in Pink memories
she is Strawberry Shortcake thoughts
and we remember her red hair
and Molly Ringwald's
Sixteen Candles red hair
We talk
of Bill
We talk
of Ted
and the strange things
afoot at the Circle K
we remember a past
separate
but somehow equal

Poem #35

I need a little bad thought spray
to make the bad thoughts go away
I tried to find it at the store
I guess they don't sell it anymore.

Poem #34

Thinking far too much
about my own brain
thinking about
my own thoughts
which is
like touching
my own fingertips

Poem #33

learning the hard way
(is there any other way?)
not to mix
home and work
when the boss asks you
about a file
never say
"let's play Blue's Clues
to figure it out"
blue paw prints
on company property
are discouraged
lesson learned

Poem #32

red
red like cherries
sweet marashino cherries
atop a sundae
toes
stay hidden
beneath layers thick
of stockings and boots
waiting their turn
patiently
patiently
through the long winter

Poem #31

Thinking thoughts
writing words
am I only cannabalizing
thoughts
I already had
words I already wrote
Am I nature's girl,
recycling
ever-recycling
but never really creating
anything new?

Poem #30

Go to sleep,
sleep
a destination
a place to wind up
such a lovely place
usually
except when the brain interferes
why must the brain
have a say
it is sleep
sleep brain
just turn off
for once
monitor heartrate
keep kidneys functioning
but let me rest
let me go to sleep
sleep a destination
brain a roadblock