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A Series of Ludicrously Bad Hair Days, Day 5, see Day 4
[Poetry dominates short story]
A man known as Cowlick comes out of the one restroom and raises his voice, “There’s no fire. I, uh, I lit a match because . . . to freshen the air. . .” He scowls at the woman known as Singed, who stands close to the restroom, speaking directly to her. “I didn’t know we have a human smoke detector.”
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Phantom pain of amputees
Writhe with agony,
The disquieting silence of the limbs.
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Awake, awake!
Rise and shine,
Bloom freely,
Let the light shine through you.
Fresh start,
A new beginning.
Happy Easter!
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Another day to memorialize
Tuesday 3/22/16
Acts of terror to desensitize.
An attack to all humanity
In the heart of Brussels,
Taking more lives again, senselessly.
When will it end?
Strike one, two, three,
Explosions in the airport and the metro station;
ISIS claims responsibility reprehensibility.
Nowhere to run from this hell storm,
Safety anywhere fast becoming a rarity,
Threats all over the world the new norm.
What will make it end?
While politicians rant,
And terrorists continue to rave.
We’re left to do the mourning chant:
How will it end?
Yo, bro’, what went wrong?
We guzzled down beers,
Shot eight balls on the green,
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From birth to earth,
Luck of the draw decides
The side of track I reside
Could make life full of mirth or dearth.
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Love at first flirt.
One night became two, three, four . . .
Until I ran out of digits,
So I quit the count.
My heart thought till death do us part.
I waited for a diamond ring.
Instead, you texted,“So long.”
You dwell in my mind,
No matter how much I try to evict you.
I thought straight vodka would flush you out.
You branded my soul,
Singed me with your touch.
I’m forever raw.
Twin sisters, Veronica and Erica,
Identical of face,
Yet different in many ways.
Always fretting with a permanent tic,
Veronica is neurotic.
Full of verve and nerve,
Erica loves anything exotic or erotic.
A grand family reunion is planned.
Surprise, surprise!
They discover a third sister,
Their long-lost triplet separated at birth.
Her name is Jessica,
Who has an obsession for kinky fashion.
She’s Veronica and Erica combined–
A neurotica, as defined.
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The Marvel Universe—
A world full of superheroes and their nemeses.
Earth is not always their place of birth;
Some hail from distant planets.
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O Blizzard Wizard, direct your gusts upon Siberia.
Get thee to the Rocky Mountains, to the peaks of Mt. Everest.
Go where the altitude is high and the population low.
Our backs are weary from shoveling
And our knuckles white from keeping the car from skating.
Donuts are for eating,
Crazy eights for card playing,
Enough with these demonstrations of near demolitions.
No-fault insurance claims don’t stop the finger-pointing
Nor do they keep premiums from rising.
Cease the snow,
Hold your breath,
Just go!
Karina Pinella 
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