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Flinch
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poetry Posted by author(s) FLINCH Be careful how you approach me Sorry if I flinch You see, sometimes When a car backfires Or I receive an unexpected touch Even fr ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/14 - 8:30pm - 1 comment
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The lost ones
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poetry Posted by author(s) THE LOST ONES The lost ones walk Shadows in the background See them out of the corner of your eye See them at school, church Around the ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/14 - 9:01pm - 1 comment
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Tolerance Town
Tolerance Town Barb watched the bus full of tourists pull in to the parking lot of the library and took a moment to check her outfit. Blue jacket, white blouse, blue skirt, cute blue-and-white hat. It had been suggested as a joke, but now she decided to j ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/14 - 9:04pm - 2 comments
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Wheelchair
WHEELCHAIR Quietly it sits in a corner, no movement can it make But when you sit, go outside, the world begins to shake When you come near, some people, they would balk As if they had seen some fright, like Carroll’s jabawac If they knew you, as all who d ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/14 - 9:08pm - 3 comments
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Time to be me
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Transitioning Mature / Thirty+ apoligies to Taylor Swift Posted by author(s) Its time to be me Its my hope that you wont be upset Because of the truth I have said Hope you will be ok with what I d ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/13 - 4:48pm - 4 comments
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Contact
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poem Posted by author(s) Contact Her gait unsteady Eyes that see poorly She is vulnerable As a child But with an adult body She takes my hand Hers are scarred Brok ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/15 - 7:42am - 1 comment
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Rings
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Posted by author(s) RINGS 2 wedding bands sit side by side On my dresser table Last sad reminders of our vows together Yours broke in two long ago A prophecy of ou ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/19 - 10:57pm - 1 comment
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Pillar to Post
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poetry Posted by author(s) PILLAR TO POST Pillar to post, I’ve been beaten Cant win the game they’re always cheatin’ Behind me only failure Ahead of me who can tell ya ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/21 - 11:24pm - 1 comment
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Fractured
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poetry Posted by author(s) Fractured After the BAD THING Hammer blow to my soul Shattered into a thousand pieces Each piece a memory An identity Sweep the pieces i ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/23 - 7:24pm
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The Globe
The Globe WARNING: PLEASE READ: I am not sure what good I am doing writing this. Most likely you will assume its just a chain letter or spam and just delete it anyway. But I have to try and warn people anyway. What would you do if this was the last week y ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/26 - 5:55pm - 8 comments
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Rituals
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Posted by author(s) RITUALS Make the bed from the top left corner Each side tucked in the same Check it again just to be sure Just to be safe Just to be safe Alw ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/23 - 7:24pm - 1 comment
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Look At Me Now
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Posted by author(s) LOOK AT ME NOW LOOK AT ME NOW SO WISE SO SURE GIVE FREE ADVICE RIGHTOUS AND PURE LOOK AT ME NOW A CLOWN IN MY PLACE TELL A BAD JOKE OR FALL O ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/23 - 7:24pm - 1 comment
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Nightly Torment
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Posted by author(s) NIGHTLY TORMENT Restless night voices whispering in the dark Tempting Lying Evil thoughts enter my head Broken cravings Can’t get any sleep Can’t e ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/25 - 9:08am - 1 comment
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Behind My Wall
Dorothy Colleen General Audience (pg) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poetry Posted by author(s) BEHIND MY WALL Behind my wall I wait, I watch I perform a puppet show Over the ramparts To keep the crowd amused So they do not try and br ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/03/29 - 1:03am
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Malfunction
Malfunction The 3 laws of Robotics: 1. A robot cannot harm a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm 2. A robot must obey the commands of a human being, except where such commands would counter Law 1 3, a robot must protect i ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/04/02 - 9:09am - 11 comments
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Memories Are Made Of This
Memories are made of these I was having a boring day off, so I decided to go to the mall for a bit. Nearing 40, and a single guy, you would think that I would be out looking for a good time, but for a number of reasons, I just preferred to stay home and w ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/04/06 - 8:00pm - 7 comments
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The Oak and the Willow, a Fable
The Oak and the Willow, a fable In a field, there was an oak at one end, and a willow-tree at the other. Whenever a wind moved through the field, the willow swayed in the wind, while the oak remained unmoved. When this happened, the willow said to itself, ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/04/11 - 2:18am - 2 comments
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Garden of Love/Scorched Earth
Dorothy Colleen Mature Subjects (pg15) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Poetry Posted by author(s) GARDEN OF LOVE/ SCORCHED EARTH I pass by a garden of love Once planted and tended by a pair of friends Now reduced to a tinder Bare and ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/04/13 - 12:39am - 1 comment
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Strip Club
Dorothy Colleen Mature Subjects (pg15) Verse, Poetry, Lyric Non-Transgender Mature / Thirty+ Posted by author(s) STRIP CLUB The room is dark The music loud The audience is tense A woman appears Takes small steps On high heels I look at her face Eyes are e ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/04/21 - 1:20pm - 2 comments
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Granny's Song
GRANNY’S SONG When I was a young girl, my granny held me on her knee She used to tell me stories about our great country Stories about the riggin’ men and the cowboys true About the winters so cold, turn your fingers blue She taught me right from wrong, t ...
dorothycolleen - 2010/04/23 - 12:07pm - 2 comments