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"The Unicorn and The Sticky Asphalt Jungle"



Bedtime stories
now walk through fog
The Unicorn skips 
on lines of sticky Asphalt

The father writes his play
The mother seen as absent
becomes deus ex machina
she will be the only one 

to save the day

Along The Road
Bushfires burn the Heart
A Child like a River runs along
Butterflies, boilermaker, face mask

immune 
low tolerance 
genetic inherited 
she is smart, she is strong

Fast, and glistening and bright
she shined through the open door
a Xanadu Zephyr who went looking for 
the missing stars at night

Distance drawn by strangers
Written out of the story by defamers 
in the Sticky Jungle
where the asphalt on fire prickles soft heels

bitten by blood
feet breathe and run through the 
glowing screen's broken glass 
and rusty nails crucified is the Invisible
in the muck

what isn't seen -
the true crime glorified;

Is blood thicker than water?

One will see,
The Story 
is in 
The Victory -

not the fails;

Hardened souls
are cast iron steel made
Folding  their cards 
they stand strong 

Machine gun shooting
with their silver bullets
the Devil 
all along

no deals 
are done
silence speaks
volumes

The Daughter
Stands strong

Along 
The Road
Bushfires burn the Heart
A Child like a River runs along

Fast, and glistening and bright
the door was open 
she went looking for 
the missing stars at night

Distance drawn by strangers
Written by defamers 
in the Sticky Jungle
where the asphalt prickles soft heels

Marshmallow
soft and of no real substance
Nutrition in stories 
fed through the reals

to the child 
all in fairness
love in spoonfuls 
of honey 

she feels her feels

the attention 
is in the details
A daughter loves a daughter
she feels her feels

Valued medicine
swallowed with 
LOVE
in time

Saved
Delivered
through 
Nursery Rhyme

(LadyLabyrinth/2020)
gvlm





“Life Itself” / Glass Animals  (PART 1)
https://youtu.be/yd9p4n5hLEg


“Youth” / Glass Animals  (PART 2)
https://youtu.be/_ZdsmLgCVdU






“A Prayer for The Wild at Heart

A prayer for the wild at heart
Kept in cages
I know how you long
To run wild and free
To feel your blood pumping
To hear your heart beating faster
Yet you can’t
For you are locked inside a prison
One that you will never escape
I can hear your howls of pain
And your growls of frustration
Pacing back and forth
Clawing at the bars
Tearing at your skin
Begging to be set free
Your eyes are wild of full hate
Your face bears no smile
Only a snarl of anger

Blood drips from your hands
Blood from the people
Who didn’t understand
Your fearful whimpers fill the air
As you look to the full moon
And let out a mournful howl
Your voice gets louder
As I and the others join in
We let our pleads fill the night
As we sit in our cold cages
Praying someone will hear

(Tennessee Williams, Stairs to the Roof)











1. Tennessee Williams (American Playwright/Poet)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Williams 


(a)  The Glass Menagerie / Tennessee Williams
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Glass_Menagerie 


(b). “Stairs to the Roof (“A Prayer for the Wild of Heart That are Kept in Cages")
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairs_to_the_Roof 






2. Deus ex machina
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina 





3. "Kubla Khan" / Samuel Taylor Coleridge
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43991/kubla-khan





4. "Youth", Glass Animals / Lyrics
https://genius.com/Glass-animals-youth-lyrics





5. "Life Itself", Glass Animals / Lyrics
https://genius.com/Glass-animals-life-itself-lyrics
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