Lori Boulard Poems

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1.
My Hot Black Love, Or, Ode To Java

HIS name? Please. What man
among us lives solely for
the touch of your lips
and the “mmmm” that oozes
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2.
004 A Really Good Song

a really good song has your throat by the first eight-count
owning your heartbeat as it opens up wide

it lays on your tongue smooth as chocolate
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3.
Poets - Why I Write

You ask why I write.
Why I stray in open spaces,
settling in corners, seeking
paper, leaves, anything
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4.
A Lullaby

you exhaust me
your curiosity frustrating
I wish I could hold your energy
just enough in a bottle
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5.
Controlled Rebellion

Trouble always starts with a smile,
especially when punctuated with deep
hazel eyes. Come seven on a Saturday,
my heartbeat syncs with the song on the radio,
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6.
One Simple Wish

promise me
that when all is said and done
there will not have been
precious moments wasted
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7.
04 The Real Theory Of Relativity

In the hours before dawn I like to eavesdrop.
Muffled by their worn leather bindings,
the writers converse-
Shakespeare pleads a play
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8.
Brush With Brilliance

I am not brilliant.
I highly doubt I ever will be.
I chased it once, came face
to face with it, was stared
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9.
A Lover Of Sorts

He gives me that look
and I know what's coming.

I set down my book and we get to it.
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10.
To Dennis Kim (Victim Of Poetry)

I read the headline slowly, a second time,
Just to be sure:
“Aspiring Poet Drowns in Hudson Trying to Save Poems”
It seems a young body threw itself into the river
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