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7/30/2025

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Good morning. I have a couple of books' worth of poems, ha. Maybe that'll be my next book. Not sure yet. :)XO. I have my heart set on working on another novel I've started, though. I have a beginning, and it's been churning around in my brain in various ways. It always starts that way...then it doesn't leave me alone until I finish it, ha. Annoying as all hell. But also, fun. 

I'm grateful for my ridiculous brain.

What have I been doing? Writing songs on piano continuously. Struggling with aging and such, in many ways, but also, going forward. Pushing through tough stuff to do so. Becoming my own hero, so to speak. Grieving some things, which has been surprising and tumultuous. Also, feeling the grief easing up...and yesterday, I felt a nice sense of calm roll in.

Thank you for supporting my fifth book. I went to see "Superman," but I didn't make it much further past the previews, for various reasons, and I wasn't into the sucker at all. I did love "F1" though. I love car movies. Especially, "Drive," one of my favorites of all time. Yes. <3

Hope you like my poem. Have an awesome day. Whatever you're going through right now, I hope you have an amazing journey. Love to you, C.A. MacConnell

Milk Carton

Proof of life:
Tangled hair, twisted throw.
The animal and I,
We wake.

Strange captor calls from the
Family.

Now, stretching. True, I'm no brow-beauty.
Some other missing girl will
Bring the ransom
Home.
She'll be a longer living wall fly.
Some say she'll stick.

Ground coffee, look here, I make the black
Law. I admit, it's a little

Strong.

Call the shepherds. They know
Blood.
Find the sign,
The lost shoe,
The search team, the one
Phone call,
The right or wrong
Words. Relatives know how to make a
Deal. Someone finds a bad sock,

A trace.

Hero, empty or full, don't forget the suit
case.

C.A. MacConnell

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