Elena Plotkin Poems

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31.
Orange

The winter has always been my biggest season,
But I can’t abide the cold for any reason.
That’s why I am out at the grove sunbathing,
And not up north freezing and belly-aching.
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32.
The City's Homeless

You know them, they are on every corner and street.
They're the ones whose eyes you dare not meet.
They have seen the world and its agony,
Most of them are products of its misery,
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33.
Thoughts Of Death

Thoughts of death come on swift,
Like a tightly clenched fist.
If the wound is deep,
blood will seep.
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What binds your lips to mine,
is your gentle touch along my spine,
the splash of color that hits your cheeks,
the way your eyes try to steal little peeks,
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35.
Graduation Day

Putting on a gown,
Heading into town.
Taking place in line,
Parents sitting way behind.
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36.
Forget-Me-Nots

I came upon a man walking in the cemetery,
He didn’t look as if he were from a seminary.
He didn’t look as if he was very grief stricken.
His steps didn’t falter they only quickened.
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37.
Life's Work

How does one measure a person's life's work?
Is it by the amount recorded in their bank book?
Is it by the volume or decibels of the applause?
Is it by the number of shouts of ohs and ahs?
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38.
Couples Therapy

You got your way; I got mine!
But you get your way all the time!
Hey, you got your way; I got mine!
But you get YOUR way all the TIME! !
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39.
Love And Marriage

Days pass and years follow,
And soon you both look back on what used to be tomorrow,
And that's when you see that the love of yesterday,
is still very alive and passionate today.
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40.
What Hell Is This?

What Pain is this that never seems to go away,
but only grows stronger and more acute each day?

What Scars are these that never seem to fade,
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