Blue Jewel

Blue jewel
On the hand of a fool
Catches your smile.
Bright scar for awhile

Beckons to hold you
Squeeze you, enfold you.
But no one else cares
What you got there.

Forlorn mirror gaze
What questions you raise.
What’s that which makes happy?
Think quick. Make it snappy.

My brain is a rattle;
A barn full of cattle;
A lonely foot soldier
Once wounded in battle.

So shake out the jams
Innocent lambs,
Misters and ma’ams
Who don’t give a damn.

Mommy still loves
Her sweet little bubs.
Like hand in a glove
Tight fist of a nub.

Nightie old night
Don’t fuss and don’t fight.
Wish may or it might
Make everything right
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6/23/21