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Candy Wisdom

It must feel so great To dispense advice From the Pez container of your mind.

I wish I could figure Myself out As easily as you have

I wonder what it’s like Never to take a chance Never risk or bleed

Maybe that’s why You don’t miss People when they go

There’s no messy layers where you live Just flat surfaces that Extend forever

I woke up from a nightmare once And realized it was my life Even in my dreams Images haunted me Demons just don’t vanish from A corrupt and jaded past They hang around And reappear

In well-meaning advice

Selected Poems — Patricia Demasky

© Patricia Demasky