Wrong Feng Shui
Soles Worn Honest
Bublé on the speakers
Son hates Bublé
skip
change the shuffle
Joe Pug Hymn #35 instead
repeat
volume down
lyrics under breath
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No diapers this year
no bottles
no burp cloths
no new-baby hush
Just boots getting bigger
and boots staying the same
laces replaced
soles worn honest
coats that still fit
young adults
adults being children
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Eat charcuterie
lookup the word
Charcuterie
say it wrong on purpose
board
knife
napkins
crackers
pickles
mustard
meat folded like gossip
cheese gone soft at the edges
one grape that rolls away
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shrimp in the middle,
wrong feng shui
eat it anyway
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Turtles.
foil crinkle
thumbprint shine
one per hand
When they show up.
wrapper glare
sugar hit
look away
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a game from the box
lid stuck
pieces missing
rules read out loud
someone interrupts
someone invents
score kept wrong
cheating with eye contact
answers that know you
laughter that makes room
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Homemade cherry cheesecake
after salt
after meat
after “just one more piece”
after we prove, again,
we’re still kids
About the Creator
Patrick Gadoury
I'm an author and publisher of poem anthology group from northern Ontario, I like enabling other voices and new writers. I'm also a novel writer, known for the indie darling Noetic Gravity that came out in June 2025. Here I write for me.
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