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Sideshow

by pattikeno

I belong in a circus, in the sideshow

“Step right up! See the blue haired girl! Silent Patti from Detroit!

She never speaks! The only one in existence!”

I belong in there, not out here with you

The shiest girl with the hottest man

It doesn’t seem right. It doesn’t seem fair.

I belong in the freak show, standing next

to the two-headed goat

“Step right up! See the purple haired girl! Silent Patti from Detroit!

She never speaks! The only one in existence!”

That’s how I feel

I shouldn’t be here with you

I shouldn’t be anywhere, but locked away

in a cage at the sideshow

at the freak show

Where only the creeps want to hit on me

I belong in there

because that’s where I belong

“Step right up! See the green haired girl! Silent Patti from Detroit!

She never speaks! The only one in existence!”

8/17/00

©Patti Keno

2000 Poetry

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Fin

by pattikeno

i miss you

my disappearing

boy

my mysterious

stranger

the other

half

to my

whole

i miss your

words

their shimmering

silence

leaves a gaping

wound

i ache for you

even though

we never

met

my disappearing

boy

why did you

disappear?

1/3/15

©Patti Keno

To:SMM

2015 New Poetry the disappearing boy

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open, commanding

by pattikeno

open, commanding

taking flight

yet never landing

I struggle with all my might

still i circle

never landing

open, commanding

the voices echo

strong and repremanding

still i circle

out of control

never landing

my crazy over-worked

soul

open commanding

it is gone

2/7/96

©Patti Keno

1996 Poetry

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frozen

by pattikeno

frozen

I’m caught

in your ice

blue eyes

in your dark

brown hair

in your sweet

caress

in your angry

glare

frozen

I am aching

and so unaware

that you’ll be

gone too soon

and never

will I have

made my

move

because I

am frozen

4/17/98

pik

©Patti Keno

1998 Poetry the stolen boy

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~@$@~ ELEMENT 5 ~@$@~

by pattikeno

i’m so cold

I cry

and cling

to you

needing your

warmth

wanting your

touch

longing for

your arms

around me

but you stand

before me

in ignorance

not seeing

my teeth

as they

chatter violently

i’m cold

make me warm

I beg you

looking at the

warm layers

of clothing

You are wearing

you look at

me, but

you don’t seem

to notice

my tee-shirt

and jeans

my cold

apparel

i cry

and cling

to you

needing your

warmth

wanting your

touch

longing for

your arms

around me

you look

at me

as if i’m

some kind

of child

annoying you

with questions

of life

you stand

ignorant

of me

of my

cramping muscles

of my

chattering teeth

of my

freezing bones

HOLD ME!

I Scream

but as your

arms enclose

I finally

realize

you’re the

one

who’s making

me cold

–

12/8/98

pik

©Patti Keno

Poetry the silent boy

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I wait here in this
heat
so silent so
unbearable
I wait and
I retract
I recoil
I step back
you stifle me
with your eyes
speechless
i lose everything
i worked
so hard
to gain
I try to contain
to elliviate
the ache
this silence
that echoes past
my refrain
and ends well into
my chorus
I wait
I retract
I dissolve
I disappear
waiting here
for you