Shelton Bumgarner
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everything is broken
into shards
leaving us all to wonder
are we next
is the future set
or just a train wreck?

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02:57 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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M Kaur
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In response to Shelton Bumgarner.
Let’s pick up the shards
And glue them together
With blood from our injured fingertips.
Maybe the wreckage can be
The beginnings of a mosaic
Like a map of our future life.
03:04 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Shelton Bumgarner
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In response to M Kaur.
if we pick them up
will they be too sharp
cut our fingers
causing us to bleed
will we write screeds
demanding the truth
about the future
since the past
is too depressing to last

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03:06 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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M Kaur
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In response to Shelton Bumgarner.
Lies cost nothing
The truth must be paid for in blood.
We cannot write the future
With numb fingers.
Let the pain of the past
Give our present strength
To build our future from the rubble.
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03:12 PM - Feb 26, 2023 (Edited)
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Shelton Bumgarner
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In response to M Kaur.
let me tell you a truth
one that might hurt
to boot
only the warm embrace
of a lover eager for the night
will abaite one's need for
eternal darkness
deep below the rubble
where no strength rests

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03:15 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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M Kaur
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In response to Shelton Bumgarner.
Or a mother
Holding tight her infant
Covering its eyes
So they may live to see the light
Even as her body
Becomes a dying shield
Glittering red through broken glass.
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03:22 PM - Feb 26, 2023 (Edited)
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Shelton Bumgarner
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In response to M Kaur.
a mother's love
is the only hope in the world
men fight wars
full of pain and despair
knowing that when they return
to peace
the love they get from
their love
can barely compare

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03:25 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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M Kaur
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This was fun! Now I must go do homework that I’ve been putting off. Thank you for letting me join in!
In response to Shelton Bumgarner.
03:33 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Shelton Bumgarner
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In response to M Kaur.
anytime
03:35 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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