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“Grow that dream you had at five years old

the first time a pencil callused your kindergarten fingers

You ran all the way home screaming

“Look Mom! I’m a writer! My hand is changing shape to

prove that I’m a writer”.

Grow that,

in every crack of pavement

the soles of your feet can find.

— “Alaska Says Sun” —Andrea Gibson

Olivia Wilde's Jawline

Olivia Wilde's jawline, she said, is perfect

I was deep in my brooding

and resented the interruption

Just look at it, she said

So I did

As usual, she was right

That jawline was flawless-

square but not too square

the ideal angle

for a line of stars

in my favorite constellation

or a tiny row of butterfly kisses

It was as if the goddess herself

had sculpted that jawline

from her own stash of divine clay

right after making conch shells

and right before creating orchids

So I forgot why I had been brooding

because, once again, she had reminded me

of the sublime.

Don't Let Them Steal Your Wonder

Deep blue by buleria

 Don't let them steal your wonder

Don't let them get you down

If you feel you're goin' under

Kick out hard and you won't drown

Don't you let them make you jaded

Don't you let them make you cold

It's their own souls they have traded

and their hearts that they have sold

They just want to make you smaller

They just want to make you crawl

They've forgotten how to rise up

so they need to make you fall

Don't let them steal your wonder

Be protective of your dream

When they tell you to be quiet

That's the time you have to scream.

submitted for Thursday Think Tank #94 Wonder at Poets United