Tag: family
member name: Cat Givens
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March 31, 2006 05:17 AM EST --
5:00
Calm
Trauma takes a rest
Cocaine gives way
To alcohol's sedation
He is trying to sleep
Regretting
Rightly so
He
With so much to lose
Coked up
Woke his sister
Chaos in the house
Violence
Aggression . . .
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March 19, 2006 01:13 PM EST --
We need each other. We depend on others to live. Others depend on us. This is the way of our society.
Our local newspaper, from which my dad retired after decades of hard work, . . .
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June 16, 2006 06:59 AM EDT --
It's almost 7:30 AM, and I've been up only an hour. I've been hitting the hay early and rising late. Seriously early, like 6:30 or 7 PM I've been getting to bed as I cannot keep my eyes . . .
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September 05, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
We smile at the baby and say "Kootchie kootchie koo! Pretty baby!"
and she sees this:
Two beautiful people who love her very much!
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November 14, 2006 07:03 PM EST --
Big smile, outstretched arms
Running feet jump and hold on
I love you gramma!
Peek a boo, Sweetie
Gramma Kitty loves you too
Butterfly kisses
Here comes Little Guy
Reaches up, I pull him in
Head on my . . .
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July 24, 2006 09:12 AM EDT --
The trash is overflowing
You throw more on the ground
When I come home I'm bitched at
for fruit flies all around
Cardboard container empty
beneath computer seat
It's not mine, but it's my . . .
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July 24, 2006 07:07 PM EDT --
I feel lost I feel caught 'tween
this life and some other
Too fuzzy can't focus
on you right now lover
I'm right here but I'm not
only here I'm out there too
Stop talking hush baby . . .
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November 08, 2006 02:30 PM EST --
Pumpkin Pie.
My son's favorite part of Thanksgiving Dinner.
Here's the basic recipe I use, (with an improvement from Dorene) along with the spell to make for a pleasant evening.
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March 07, 2006 01:54 AM EST --
I look around the room
clutter everywhere
Dishes in the sink and counter
All waiting for me
I took my bath after work today
And fell into slumber
Was awakened by my son
Who left hair on the sink and floor . . .
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January 01, 2006 09:54 AM EST --
MOTHER TO CHILD
I can't escape the violence
so I cry in silence
you threw me down
and pushed my face
you storm away
you yell a warning
don't talk to me
don't talk about me
so I cry . . .
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January 01, 2006 09:58 AM EST --
Today I will lie to my husband. I do not want to lie. But I feel it is the lesser of the evils I must do.
I will tell him I lost my balance, that my foot caught on the swivel chair, causing me to fall . . .
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January 14, 2006 06:24 PM EST --
True Happiness
A state of mind
That one cannot
With words define
So I won't
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January 08, 2006 07:20 PM EST --
A few years ago, my daughter came downstairs frantically telling me she needed water. I thougth she was feverish or having a bad dream, and went to get a glass for her, when she cried..... NO! . . .
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January 10, 2006 08:26 AM EST --
On January 30, my son was transferred from county jail to a men's facility to stay for 6 months. He is living there among others who's ticket out will be getting a job, a stable place . . .
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January 12, 2006 06:37 PM EST --
(see nervous) for part I
I cut my car engine and wait here at the curb beside the corner grocery.
It looks abandoned, this store, with boards where the windows should be, no ads and a couple of bricks . . .
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January 13, 2006 08:24 AM EST --
Relaxed to the max
(In a tense sort of way)
Walking with tacks
In my shoes everyday
Always more to do
Nothing left alone
Work to keep from drowning
Weary to the bone
Smiling bouncy baby
Tickles me, . . .
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February 07, 2006 08:06 AM EST --
You remember the cartoon. Big white bull dog and tiny annoying yapper. "what're we gonna do next, Spike? Huh? Huh Spike? Huh Spike?
Huh? Huh? Huh?" . . .
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February 22, 2006 11:09 PM EST --
"Congratulations," said the phone. "Your name has been chosen from the entries to win a new car or vacation. You are guaranteed to receive one of these prizes....
A new Cadillac . . .
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February 23, 2006 08:07 AM EST --
I hold you, little darling,
And your daddy holds your mom
They are numb.... stricken
Cannot bear to see you,
But I can
So I hold you.
Close, so close,
Little one.
And I sing.
you open . . .
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February 23, 2006 08:26 AM EST --
I don't feel so well today.
My husband, angry, slams the door and takes the neighbor boating instead of me.
I don't care, I just feel a little sick in the tummy, so I lie down.
Maybe it's . . .
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