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A Twin Fireless Room

The hearts that do not beat Quiet in the viaduct; A steeled echo husked Alchemic clones vastly entreat. I slipped you a talking pill As the loam, pulsing dust of cars Filled up on dark shofars. I slip on an unwritten will. Eerie green bolts fill the firmament; Arbor confusion hangs an effigy Inviting the serial hinterlands decree To dream green seals the parchment. The serrated squid with a man's face Opens its serpent eyes, preemptive; Swamp spirits deliberate a redemptive blue hesper corroding Man's one race. I am Electricity—I laugh at thunder Bellowing at my helm, unaware That electricity is not all I share With my unseen body: Heark Asunder. Gryphons, gargoyles and cornsilk eyes Trifecta on the organ: my song Of deafness slides into deep wrong, As a wish to eradicate all a wish denies. Our hearts unlocked that haste to bleed inky filth in the sleeping bag, plush lips imparting terror gag at pitch-lit bones' fireless greed.

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Date: 2/25/2017 10:30:00 PM
Hi Richard. : ) The title reminded me of a certain other poem.... Well done again - certainly not "just another day at the office."
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Richard H. Dunsany
Date: 3/17/2017 11:25:00 AM
Yes indeed, certainly not "normal" in the slightest, haha. Inspiration struck, and I just had to extend the "fireless room" idea--I'm glad you liked it.

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