Before Everything Happened<\/p>\n
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before everything happened<\/p>\n
the kids ran steps 2 at a time<\/p>\n
laundry was folded regardless.<\/p>\n
roses bloomed lilac colored,<\/p>\n
trumpeted dawn and daylight.<\/p>\n
before everything happened,<\/p>\n
we rode our bikes past noon<\/p>\n
the sun burnt the backs of our necks<\/p>\n
we fell into the moon.<\/p>\n
planets aligned for a moment<\/p>\n
Jupiter filled the heavens.<\/p>\n
swans swam in ice covered ponds.<\/p>\n
before everything happened, I still lied.<\/p>\n
you still hit me with the baseball bat<\/p>\n
before everything happened<\/p>\n
it had all happened, though we hid it.<\/p>\n
pretended the dog ate it \u00a0even though it was<\/p>\n
too large for a mastiff to swallow.<\/p>\n
the regurgitate was there<\/p>\n
under the trampoline and we all saw it.<\/p>\n
the moon wept while the red roses bloomed<\/p>\n
you were sweet on me once,<\/p>\n
I too was on you.<\/p>\n
before everything happened.<\/p>\n
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Cheryl Waitkevich lives in Olympia with her husband, 2 chihuahuas, 2 cats and 4 chickens. She writes, “I am a poet–but find it difficult to say that word, never mind print it. I write for people I love and as a way to capture my memories and feelings. I work at a local hospital…. It helps me take myself seriously when I dare submit a poem.”<\/p>\n
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