Fred Gillen Jr.

Poetry

Neighbors

Neighbors

I have watched my country descend
in such a short time I have let
powers of money and greed
make me forget my neighbors names
I have learned to grasp my views
like a golden cane
instead of discussing them at the
monday morning philosophers deli counter
wielding them as a cudgel
when I should be carefully
assembling them into poetry and song

I watch my neighbors through
the thin slats of the closed blinds
of social media
instead of hugging them at the
local coffee shop or
talking about the weather at the diner
because even the weather has become
fodder for sensationalist fear-mongering
and every hug is a threat these days

Posted Tuesday, October 8th 2019

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 05/26/2022     We Only Live a Day
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 12/3/2021     Bear
==>10/8/2019     Neighbors
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 11/20/2018     Water Is Life
 07/24/2018     So Much Going Down
 02/13/2014     Post Apocalyptic Boots
 01/3/2013     Dinosaur Bones On The Side Of The Road
 03/17/2011     I Want To Know
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 09/30/2009     The First Page
 08/23/2009     One More Page
 06/10/2009     Butterflies
 06/10/2009     March
 06/10/2009     March
 06/9/2009     Butterflies
 01/11/2008     Truth
 06/6/2007     Same As It Ever Was
 06/6/2007     Safe
 06/6/2007     Love's Light
 06/6/2007     One Light
 06/6/2007     Breathe
 06/6/2007     Silence
 06/6/2007     Warm Hands
 06/6/2007     Like War
 06/6/2007     Tide Pool
 06/6/2007     escaped memories
 12/15/2006     Bicycle
 08/23/2006     Tide Pool
 06/26/2006     Bear Butte
 02/25/2006     Shine
 01/5/2006     Grandmother
 07/8/2005     The Heart Inside
 04/19/2005     Winter
 11/30/2004     Broken Open
 11/6/2004     America The Beautiful (Four new verses)
 10/13/2004     Seeds
 10/13/2004     Your Laugh
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 10/13/2004     Canal Street
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 06/22/2003     Shadowy Train
 05/16/2003     Shine
 03/15/2003     Hope
 06/6/2002     Me & Cinderella
 04/4/2002     Untitled
 07/19/2001     Hudson: 12 January, 1994
 06/11/2001     Judas
 05/31/2001     Untitled
 05/16/2001     Woody
 05/16/2001     Twine
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