8-word poem: THE NO MEANS NO STORY, PART 1

Will the beret
Ever
Be viable headgear
Again?

8-word poem: THE TRYING OUT FOR JUNIOR VARSITY WRESTLING STORY

I can't use
The claw hold?
Fuck this.

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Naked
Is no way
To kill
A spider.

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This story is
True;
I will tell
It.

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The older
I look,
The better
You get.

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How did
Dirty
Get to be so
Dirty?

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I missed
The longing
I feel
Once again.

8-word poem

And just
Like that
It's once again
Gone.

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It is
As if
No real
Time passed.

8-word poem

When the
Going gets
Weird,
I'm most
Comfortable.

THE SECOND HALF

Squinting in the magic hour
Through bulldozer dust
Working man blues
But nothing blue about it
Good to be alive
Wondering about a sun
I can never fully behold
Recall green grass smells
That could only mean summer
Think about a cup of coffee
I want but don't need
The story of my life
And looking forward
To the rest

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For SLY-C

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8-word poem

Now
That I've stopped
Time,
I can
Begin.

8-word poem: THE JUST KEEP TELLING YOURSELF IT'S ONLY A NUMBER STORY

As a significant
Birthday
Approaches,
I am
Humbled.

8-word poem: THE AFTER LIKE SIX STRAIGHT YEARS OF MASSIVE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CONSUMPTION I CAN'T BELIEVE I HAVE NO CAVITIES STORY

My dental hygiene
Is no longer
The enemy.

When you're
Young,
It's a
Dream;
Old,regret.

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Smile,
My old enemy!
How have you
Been?