Because I Meant To Bow Before You
( An experiment, because of an idea Gertrude Stein had about the musicality, or poetic polyphonetics of repeat·ed/ing ( fleeting, depleting, reexcreating? ) words or phrases. I only hope God's not listening... well, not too closely. Searching phantom-phoneme's phantasms. )
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because I meant
to bow before you
god and pray
but just
this one finger
obey'd only
pink survives
this screen
because it's human
because death
alone is my gift
because you
deserve nothing less
this holy dust
amen
and once
upon no time
god died
and only a fly
like me on this
broken wind screen
my truth alone
streak'd
red fingers
across
heaven's
round rust
given a life
ends to end
a savage reign
as bright days
mark gift's
of summer passing
and
only hope
survives
a just god
only knows
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"..., because in this universe, effect follows cause. I've complained about it, but... ". - Dr. House - fr. T.V. Show: "House MD"
Copyright © Robert Warlov | Year Posted 2023
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