that's mrs. mediocrity to you

five in the morning

every morning
because

morning

you might say
this makes me weak
but my tea is strong
and slightly sweet

and i ask you
what more
could a tired girl

need?

.

.

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A poem a day for 30 days, in honor of National Poetry Month: Day 12
I’m participating in NaPoWriMo, and the Writer’s Digest Poem a Day Challenge

Today’s theme is PAD’s write a silly poem.

.

Now that March
has put some distance between us
February

I can see you didn’t mean
to be cruel, exactly
and April still holds sway

after all
you managed to hand us
an extra twenty-four hours
pretending it was gift
and not correction

but it was another terse-curt day
just like all your bitter
Napoleonic efforts

and don’t think
this means your dark laughter
has suddenly become okay

.

.

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A poem a day for 30 days, in honor of National Poetry Month. Day 4
I’m participating in NaPoWriMo, and Writer’s Digest Poem a Day Challenge.

Today’s theme is a combination:
Distance from PAD and Is April the cruelest month? from NaPo