Posted by Brad Osborne on February 25, 2021 · 13 Comments
Your pudgy little cherub face,
All smiles as you draw your bow…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 20, 2021 · 10 Comments
It crashed our conversation,
Like an adolescent driver,
More meteor than metaphor…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 17, 2021 · 12 Comments
We shared a puits d’amour,
In the café on rue Bonaparte,
Parisian nights the gallery,
And pastry the delicious art…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 14, 2021 · 22 Comments
I don’t know how I would have found you,
What planets would have needed to align…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 13, 2021 · 17 Comments
You would lift the weight,
From shoulders, if you could…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 6, 2021 · 17 Comments
Who,
Who else,
Who else will,
If not yourself…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 1, 2021 · 23 Comments
Raindrops unwind down palm leaves,
Washing little dreams to ground…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 24, 2021 · 13 Comments
Analgesics for the pain,
Learned minds to explain,
Therapy for the brain…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 18, 2021 · 20 Comments
You earned my respect many years ago,
When you chose the hardest choice…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on January 16, 2021 · 14 Comments
To the pretty girls, running slow,
Who let us steal playground kisses…
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