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14 3 f í g Until Our Next Kiss by Leo Rhodes .4 a î f f l c d i f f i Street roots Stars are everywhere by William Adams I once knew a co-worker Who made me and other laugh I once knew a co-worker That wanted to be my friend I once knew a friend Whose craziness caused us to be best-friends I once knew a best friend Wanted to become lovers But I had a girlfriend Which I loved B . And she had a boyfriend Which I thought she loved Early one morning I kissed her The next morning she told me “Our kiss felt like a dream...” I smiled real big Sucked in my gut, stuck out my chest, and replied, “Yup Ig e t that all the time...” I once knew a lover/best friend Who made me happy I once knew a lover/best friend Who I missed when shS wasn’t around But the thought of us getting together Made me very happy I once had a lover/best friend Whose kiss was like a dream She’s waiting for me Up above And I’m pointlessly existing Until our next kiss... by Francis There must be within the confines of man’s being all that lies waiting but never once seeing our gift of tranquility that since hive not known touched o r enlightened as the one in humility. Out of Place by Sunnie Anderson 1 s * ® I HMbgHSqm 1 ! I f t s i 1ä 1 the late hour is bathed in yellow city light and the buildings are dark wadis leading to cement streets to cement flower beds this deep and empty space holding instead of water f transient air mute noise black leaves out of place in the low notes- a ding-ding of a bicycle bell and the chime of a child’s voice Order e-books and print copies at iamnotapoet.org or streetroots.org/iamnotapoet Stars are everywhere, how many? Wait, I just thought of something, Are they stars or actually other worlds? Suns? Moons? Who or what lives on those worlds? Are they better off than we are? I wonder if someone or something else out there Is looking through a telescope At the same time, asking the same questions. Maybe they are thinking: Ah, we got them beat by thousands of years. They are so far behind the times. / . Maybe a couple of those places oût there are just getting started though, Are they able to walk on land yet? Or are they smarter than we are? Hey, maybe they are watching us through a telescope To learn from our mistakes so they don’t repeat them, Either way, as I look through this telescope, Is someone doing the same? g Juné 6, 2014
