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Emotionally trashed
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Albert Russo
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Rated "G" by the Author.
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Recent poems by Albert Russo
• To my fellow poets
• Pixel power, from his book, CWS2
• Lost identity
• Remembrance of a corrected past
• The little things that add up in life
• Dramatis personae, from his book CWS2
• Now, then and forever, from his book CWS2
• Choo-choo boy, from his book CWS2 (The Crowded World of Solitude, volume2)
• Call of the Falasha, from his book Futureyes
• Cormorant of Yangshuo, from his book Futureyes
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sibling rivalry
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EMOTIONALLY TRASHED
he’s my brother
blood thicker than water
adolescent, he rebelled
against kith, kin and society
he kissed bohemia for a while
rebelled again
and closed shut like a clam
women and sex were now taboo
and I became his nemesis
to please my folks
I closed an eye
he aimed at the other eye
and we clashed like never
he lost all interest in life
and dedicated himself
to our beloved widowed mother
so I closed both eyes
but then my blood rebelled
he has been diagnosed
with prostate cancer
the news spilled over my face
like incandescent lava
and how he resents me!
Am I not guilty of his sickness?
blood like poisoned water
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| Reviewed by Thomas Mutchler |
4/13/2011 |
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Family matters. How complex they can be. A solid read.
Tom |
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| Reviewed by Damien Rickner |
4/15/2008 |
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| Ah, my long lost brother. It takes courage to bare these things to yourself. Respect and appreciation... |
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| Reviewed by gina jones/savchuk |
9/10/2007 |
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| And how did the cancer battle go? Siblings it is true one does suffer the pains of illness in a family. |
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| Reviewed by Barbara Mercer |
5/6/2007 |
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| I feel the shock and somehow guilty with you. |
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| Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader) |
9/2/2006 |
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Ah, to be an only child.
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