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THESE ARE MY RECENT POEMS. MY FIRST BOOK OF POEMS WILL BE RELEASED SOON BY GOLDMINDS PUBLISHING. http://www.goldmindspub.com/#!bill-yates/c10a6

 

Forcing a Poem From a Reluctant Pen

Confinement is too much of an excuse
while the papers are spread across the table.
The phone rings:  
It is the Boston Massacre.
Those are funny words when even here,
	even at this time of wind,
	overuse is deadly in the wheat germ.
Mice droppings show evidence 
	that the wheat is defiled.
Be careful, she said, 
Be careful of the worms that drill inside.

The cat knows;
	she is wise and stretches.
Words connected in my brain 
	are tenuous indeed,
	ephemeral.
Read them and you will know my 
	building blocks
all scattered across the floor
as my papers are scattered now.
Put the right words in the search box
	and you will find me.

Try it.
Lay down the common law,
and unroll it like an old rug
	once stored and forgotten.
(What am I doing here in this cold
	and desolate winter?)
Feed me building blocks of amino acids,
the healing of the wound.
Comfort me.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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Agustin Avatar
December 9, 2023 at 2:57 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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