Habits are a fine thing.
They tend to grow on you.
You could join a Foghorn Club
and share unusual noises.
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Rachel McAlpine
Phone poems
When fixing
When fixing
anything at all
it’s best by far
to put the screws
in a jar.
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Rachel McAlpine
Promise
Don’t be afraid.
I never
say ‘never’
or ‘forever’.
Oops.
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Rachel McAlpine
Grooming
Curl? Give it a whirl.
Shave? Be brave.
Wax? Rather eat tacks.
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Rachel McAlpine
That new thing
That new thing
(the one that worries you)
may not
be a bad thing.
May not
be a new thing.
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Rachel McAlpine
Secrets
If anyone tells your secret
let it be you
and let it be true.
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Rachel McAlpine
Don’t go
Don’t go into the woods.
Or do go into the woods.
Your call.
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Rachel McAlpine
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 