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The Big Blues and Baptismal Alice

“The Big Blues and Baptismal Alice”



In the land of the dirty politician
Steely resolve was borne bidding
farewell to thinly veiled conceit and division
that particular brand of milk had long in the tooth turned sour
in her red-hot mamma kitchen

A racing Greyhound on the Going Nowhere Road
forever chasing the White Rabbit named Godot
counts time from its pocketful of ticking time bomb clocks 
watching Pterodactyl hormones fly in formation 
eating low lying ducks in a row 
while the young Velociraptor sitting in her room drawing blood viper tongue fast, 
has gone all Poe

The Greyhound turns tales around 
and heads back towards Emerald City
flying fast away from a plague of Bubonic Black Crows
She says adieu to those dealing cards that were never real pretty
sitting at the Tea Party Table pulling Voodoo dreams 
out of the Lyrebird’s duplicity

Departure
New journey

Two tokens
One kept aside for the Love
that’s steadfast and outspoken
the other for Bee Queen standing stellar 
left-field not broken

The Buzzer claims the Chance Card 
and moves way out past “GO”,
The Usurper Spell is now fully broken and blown
There on the open road destiny is cumulus now known
Face turned towards Big Blue Sky and Sunshine 
a new life tapestry is sewn

Mystery mist whispering over Mountains of Blue
where angels set secret prayers 
on the wings of swans who only speak home truth
soaring high upon Heaven’s stairs 
singing loud and clear
new dreams do bloom

through cool clean white cotton clouds
face to the sun 
feet on the ground
a new day has arrived 
strong magic is found

Black ink words swallowed
charcoal spits out a burnt offering 
through bitterful and twisted blisters
A New journey forward -
Home is calling her to the
Forest of the Three Sisters

There ensconced in her bucolic benevolent black heath of a palace
Born again in the Big Blues sings the bushfire burning in Baptismal Alice



(Lovejoy-Burton, August 2018)



"She's Leaving Home" / The Beatles
https://youtu.be/VaBPY78D88g






"Sky Above the Clouds", Georgia O'Keeffe 1962

Influences of Magritte, Bosch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(chess)

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Leanne Lovejoy-Burton Date: 8/22/2018 7:52:00 AM ;) x. “She was modest — that wasn’t all virtue, she liked to think that she was not worth much — her view of people was original and sharp, her elaborate, over delicate manners made her a pleasure to live with, she liked books and was generous about writers, and the wit, of course, was so wonderful that neither age nor illness dried up the spring from which it came each day. No remembrance of her can exclude it.” Login to Reply

Kishan Sharma Date: 8/21/2018 9:17:00 PM Very impressively Login to Reply Kishan Sharma Date: 8/22/2018 6:14:00 PM Leanne,in this way nobody tells about me.the way you tell me everything about me.inside your mind, anybody's talent to read,there is too much potential.you are very awesome. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton Date: 8/22/2018 5:23:00 PM Kishan, anyone that writes from their heart, without conceit, is the best and bravest kind of writer. While some may become lost in translation, your story is clear and concise. Keep writing. Kishan Sharma Date: 8/22/2018 8:16:00 AM Well I do not know that I am a brave writer too.i liked it,listening to you like this about myself.thank you Leanne. Leanne Lovejoy-Burton Date: 8/22/2018 7:52:00 AM Thank you Kishan. A brave writer indeed you are.