Surreal Pulse Rate

From a gem-encrusted window’s moonlit sash,
I peer vacantly on monetesque impressions,
 as they wander every ink shade hue  pathway.
bag lady street hail loner, 
water colour lachrymose plight,
 across the spillway nights-cape,
cul-de-sac of shadow flitting,
 sprites begging  to be daubed,
 on some genie artist’s  easel.
surreal  urban pulse rate ,
spooky  ghost form atom charge,
 of  tomb laden solemness,
sodden eerie platform where,
 my silver bob tail auntie,
 booked her  tickets to southern rustic idylls.
she sang of autumn sunset blight, 
its wan perusal o’er moisture ashen realm.
her final year on earth evoked dichotomy,
 defying dissertation on that grey stone bridge,
between a luminous parade of diamond,
 glitter and mirrorball municipal,  
sandwich filler to that lamb,
 of many bleats amid lush pastures,.
blossom facial hyacinth relation,
 who once did eyelash blink,
 those natural world Edens flowing,
 thru her lyric laden pysche.
Alas that end of term eviction, 
lifespan tenure landlord surreptitious,
 in their reach cast a mural,
 strain upon this tower block,
 mythic folklore woman
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Kendrick Avatar
December 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I agree with Andrea, Howard, that it has a lot of creative phrasing. Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Sara K
Dietrich Avatar
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Yes this has such a surreal tone. I wonder how I ever missed it. I feel like I have caught up to seeing almost every one of your poems. This one has such creative phrasings.
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