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Flowers

by pattikeno

Flowers on the floor

Flowers on the wall

Flowers fill my life

But I love them all

Flowers up and flowers down

Flowers all around

They’re all so pretty and never dull

Because they’re all beautiful

Tulips, daffodils and tiger lilies

I know it sounds silly

But they are all so pretty!

Carnations, Roses and Mums

I know it sounds dumb

But flowers are so beautiful

In all their ways

1986

©Patti Keno

I wrote this poem when i was 10 years old, back when i thought all poems had to rhyme. It’s not my first poem, but it’s one of my firsts. I remember when i wrote it I was inspired by my wall paper. check out the picture it was very 70s. The picture was taken before i started writing poetry though. ( i think that is when i was writing plays for my stuffed animals to perform. I wish i had some of those, but i think they are all lost.)

1986 Baby Me Poetry

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Clown Shoes

by pattikeno

These clown shoes

keep tripping me

Can I take them off now?

I can’t stand to be

so clumsy

These clown shoes

keep tripping

Let me take them

off

I’m sick of

being your

stooge

I’m sick of

these shoes

too big for me to

ever fill

Let me take them

off

I can’t

stand

tripping like

this

10-26-95

©Patti Keno

1995

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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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that which…

by pattikeno

that which…

that which is empty and

clean and dry

that which…

that which is aching

inside of me

that which

I tried to see that which

lies within

but it’s too expensive to

see

that which…

that which is hidden

inside of me

remains hidden

forever

that which…

that which I hold so

dear is lost

that which…

that which forever

tears me apart inside

remains hidden

that which

10-25-95

©Patti Keno

1995 Poetry the longing hand

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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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Geppeddo

by pattikeno

Swirling around me
they giggle and point
and laugh at my hair
as i am trapped
in my cage
behind all the faces
all the porcelain eyes
that seem to protect me
but expose me at the same
time
.
they move around my cage
threatening me
with their questions
their longing stares
no no
not me
I’m not the puppet master
no no
not me
I don’t control the strings
I’m just Pinnochio
a wooden boy
waiting to be real
hoping to be real
one day
.
I sit in my cage
and hope you don’t see
me
hidden behind my fears
hidden behind
these eyes
that protect me
but scare me all at once
.

11/9/01
©Patti Keno

2001 Poetry

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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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The 20 year goodbye

by pattikeno

Take me
Break me
I’ve got nothing
left to give

Open me
close me
I’ve got nothing
left inside

Hold me
Scold me
I’ve got nothing
left for you

12/29/14
pik

©Patti Keno

2014 New Poetry the silent boy

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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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heat

by pattikeno

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