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Sage Floating In Swan Lake

SAGE FLOATING IN SWAN LAKE

How do you squeeze a man’s body into the coin slot?
With twine and treacherous stabbing.

The machine turned malevolent after dumping
an entire life’s savings into Swan Lake.

Battered and bludgeoned
the modern-day machine dies,

with dilated eyes, curiously
never seeing, the winsome beauty

of the Catskill mountains - Walter Sage
sinks in prohibition’s graveyard tears.

Kim Rodrigues ©2017

Copyright © | Year Posted 2017




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Date: 4/14/2017 11:53:00 AM
I feel chills down my spine. Fabulous poem as always, Kim.
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/14/2017 12:21:00 PM
Thank you :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/14/2017 12:21:00 PM
Thank you :)
Date: 4/12/2017 5:18:00 PM
Reminds me of Mid Summer Murders" on Netflix. I wrote one called The Great Swan. 7 for sure :)
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Kim Rodrigues
Date: 4/12/2017 7:25:00 PM
Thanks, Debbie!

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