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by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Silence is the Wind

Excerpt: Clock ticks each second,

marking each breath you take,

glass cutting your heart,

words throbbing your brain,

with thoughts you dare not repeat…

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Repair

Excerpt:

You paid no attention to them

once they hit the floor,

useless,

collateral damage in our civil war,

bodies to walk over.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Flat Roads

Excerpt:

Instead of our destination,

we got nowhere.

Now, we are lost

and we have only ourselves to blame.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Mountain Souvenir

Excerpt:

I looked at the clouds growing in the skies,

your tired eyes, as we started the descent,

medallion in hand:

a souvenir for me to remember,

the first time I saw you on the mountain.

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden: Bubbles

Excerpt:

We tasted the bubbles at dawn,

when the air was thick with the August heat,

musty sweat.

Our tongues tasted the soap,

but we shook off the cleanliness

for the taste of earth…

Cast Out of Eden is available at Politics and Prose at https://www.politics-prose.com/book/9781624292323

by J.L. Smith

Cast Out of Eden Marathon

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To all the bad times that served not only to sharpen the eyesight, but also give us the resolve to do the things we need to do but are afraid to do.