JANIS Frankel Poems

Chip a chunk out of time, and crawl into the cave of this moment.
Listen only to the sounds of the present, the echoes and the melody
of your lovesong.
Shut out the past with a boulder.
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Instead of her youth,
she had tucks in her face
and collagen shots she claimed the years did erase.
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Darkness till seven,
Twilight by four,
Daylight is something I'm so longing for.
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Sweet summer,
My lazy friend.
Like a fading romance we know must end.
Like the last notes to a favorite song,
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