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(no title) by tamara peterson  april '96

i found a place within my heart
which no one else can find.
it holds a door,
it does not open
for i found the key, i locked the door,
and threw the key into my stomach
where the acid got to it.





Burrito by eric hadley  (a friend from a drama team that i was a part of with kansas city youth for christ, aka yfc)

my mind, a burrito
my thoughts, the crusty beans inside
oh, come and eat my burrito
it tastes old and moldy.
(yes, i know this poem is quite odd, but it makes me laugh every time.. there really is no deep meaning to it at all...)




Dead End  by tamara peterson  november 10, 1995

Along the narrow, dirt path of Unforgettable Forest
     Where the autumn leaves lay
Along that last youthful green on either side
I gaze into the distant, uninhabited place -
A place for no man of enterance be heard,
     the Majestic Branches of Lace
which twist and twine are there
     That no man shall go.
Like a deadly eve seems safe
     Beneath - but deadly.
Only there for beauty of eyes
     Are the majestic Branches of Lace.
The path may end there, but eyes never.



My Cartoon Land  by tamara peterson july 1, 1996

porky pig came first to me
and tweety came right after.
my cartoon land of animation
kept me from reality.
my role-model
may have been wile e. coyote
who chases after dreams
right into ravenes
     and starts over again -
right after the very same dream.

my cartoon land of determination
was disapproved by mom and dad who said it
kept me from reality.

i one day hit the off button on
my television remote control
and carried it in my hip pocket
as i walked into reality.
i  now chase after my dreams,
and when i fall down i pick myself up
     and start over again -
right after the very same dream.

my cartoon land of reality.

















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