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Baggage

1/10/2025

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by Morgan Chalfant

Everyone has baggage
Mine’s a backpack
Nothing snooty
Two straps and heavy
Nothing fancy
Filled with the norm:
A disappointed old man
Lost keys to the past
Friends I wish still were
And a little secret pocket of aspirations

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Morgan Chalfant is a novelist, poet, and an instructor of writing at Fort Hays State University. He is a native of Hill City, Kansas. He received his bachelor's degree in writing and his master's degree in literature from Fort Hays State University. He is the author of the horror/thriller novella, Focused Insanity, and the urban fantasy novel, Ghosts of Glory.

3 Comments
Deb
1/11/2025 10:25:06 am

Love this. Especially that last line. Making me think of what kind of bag I have ...thank you.

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Morgan Chalfant
1/14/2025 12:55:53 pm

Thank you! I appreciate it!

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Kylee
1/14/2025 05:07:03 pm

Mine often looks like a full heavy baggage car pulled by a smoking locomotive. Sometimes I pull out a cute travel bag to go from place to place but I know the rest is waiting for me on the tracks.

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