a free verse poem —

12/2/2023 — I Enjoyed Reading the Harry Potter Series This Year, So Now I Can Say that I Didn’t Just Watch the Daniel Radcliffe/Emma Watson/Rupert Movies…I Hope We All Can Be Nice to Each Other About Gender/Orientation Topics (Something to Talk About During the Holidays with Family). 1998 Baby So Books Came Out Around That Time — With my boyfriend, Ben [Affleck], we watch a movie. We share popcorn, champagne, & a smoothie. The movie’s about a wizard named Harry Potter. The premise is that he’s cursed without a mother or a father.

12/7/2023 — We Should All Be Proud of Where We’re From, Despite Gov. Kathy Hochul of NY Wanting Us to Be Careful About Antisemitism — After fighting against our English enemies, We marched back home with weaker energies. The German flag of black, gold, & red Was carried by Branden — out front, far ahead. My wife’s humble, modest kitchen Greeted me with aromas of rosemary & chicken. Sasha grinned from ear to ear, As I had vanquished…

Period Love is love. Add more and you subtract. Add more and you dismember the heart. Juxtaposition, Crucifixion. Love is love. Labels like barbed wires, Pins and flagpoles, Piercing through, Colonization of the heart. Love is love. Fear disguised as definitions, Post-mortem of the heart, Mistaking the last exhalation, For resuscitation…

On a day like this. — Drifting on a moonbeam, Parades of paradigms, Deep inside a morphic dream, Soporific signs. People pieces places, Something that is mine, And the different faces, Part of the design. Glitches in the garden, A flower bent in prayer, Can I beg your pardon? There’s magic in the air. The colours…

Liberated from Festive Societal Shackles — Unbound, celebrate life’s rhythms, unconstrained spirits Liberated, from festive, societal shackles Francine Fallara — 2023 Holidays come with many societal pressures and expectations. Many people feel obligated to conform to traditional celebrations, which can be overwhelming. However, we need to capture the essence of liberation from these pressures. Emphasize the…

It takes the removal of all forms of guilt to achieve it — The society is mainly governed by one kind of people at a certain time. The rules of society are formulated based on such people who are at the helm of power. This leads people of different character types to have feelings of guilt and shame for having different innate qualities…

Camaraderie Germinates Once You Know Enough SAT Vocabulary & Realize That We’re All Sometimes Just Winging It to Segue into Our Relaxed Times at Home and with Our Awkwardness Offline & Online — Talent is slowly moving through the eye of a needle, Collecting and harnessing manure like a dung beetle. Faith is defending a friend or lover — And not thinking of them as a pain or bother. Trust is sleeping next to your soulmate, Once it’s dark out and getting late. Sacrifice is…

Stolen, but read on… — How can you not absolutely LOVE that line? I spent about a year on dating sites after I got my head on straight (another complete tale in its own right). As The Real Olive - Love, Thoughts & Life Messiness states in her story below, “it’s a numbers game.” swipe…