lots of chatter
raised emotions
calm down brother
chill

glass of wine?
brandy?
vodka?
knock on the head?
whatever.
— Shawn S. Zahedi

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Butterflies
Agitated
Confused
Eating me
Inside out

Hands shaking
Nervous
Coffee
Kicked in.
— Shawn S. Zahedi

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perched on
our spirit
spirit of a
NATION
PROUD
deservingly
STRONG
aches of the
WORLD
carry can she
not.

— Shawn S. Zahedi

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shame has legs
like a spider

what you don’t see
crawls back into you

touches, pokes, bites
venom, invisible, light

carries through the words
unintended

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