Coins are heavy
notes are light.
Clouds walk on stilts
for your delight.
Photo and poem by Rachel McAlpine
fortune cookies
Keep dreaming
Inside your pineapple shell
you have dreams
of being happy,
being well.
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Rachel McAlpine
Fortunately
Fortunately
this experience gives you
the experience required
to survive
this experience.
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Rachel McAlpine
Yard by yard
Yard by yard
it’s hard.
Inch by inch
a cinch.
You’re in pursuit
of happiness
but happiness
is running after you.
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Rachel McAlpine
Say less
Say less.
Mean more.
Win the match.
Lose the score.
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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
Poems in the wild—Rachel McAlpine 