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tdooley226
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A dreaming optimist who likes a pint of ice-cream once a week.

  January 2021     1 year ago

Submitted Poems 5 total

THE EXOTIC BIRD

The light seems so different here, breaking through the square pains of the window
Its morning yellow rays lay heavy on the welcome table
Illuminate the streams of smoke from the cigarette in Baldwins' fingers

The exotic bird is exiled far from...

by Thomas J. Dooley

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CRACKERS AND SOUP

Got all the reasons to lie got no reason, to tell the truth
All this talking without any proof this is what they do
Placing all the blame with no shame, this new hate is what they maid

Crackers are boring without the soup so dry with the same...

by Thomas Dooley

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Love philosophy

Don't judge me with your bitterness.
I don't care how you dress.
To me, it doesn't matter who you...

by Thomas Dooley

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Handful of rice

Hunger of the mind hunger of the soul
A child's stomach empty as it sits in the cold
When will we learn there are things more valuable than gold

A handful of rice sticky and warm
Fills the belly and comforts the soul
A feeling some wish to...

by Thomas Dooley

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Morning conversations

I sit down in my own peace
Focused on a light that only I can see
Because it is what is inside of me

Morning conversations as the sunrise
With peace, love, and purity is what I find.
On my own path, walk past all life's...

by Thomas Dooley

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