Best Cuts Poems

SHORT CUTS

(*with apologies to Albert Einstein}

The tonsorial master said trim it
the dunce in the chair shouted skin it
the difference in coif
like the difference in thought
is that genius acknowledges limit*


John G. Lawless
4/14/2015

*”The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”
							
								Albert Einstein...

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but i wouldn’t fault you words spilling from a loose connection 

your heart 
a myriad of internal cuts and bruises
exposed wires tattered and frayed

i can hold such damage
with barely a touch
soothe the gnawing of varmints uninvited

be that handy little light
one carries to duel the dark

Thu...

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A wayward heart in the wild, 
Trying to wield the knife of hope. 
Hope for one thing; hope for one friend 
The only way to guard her heart 
The only way when others have failed
With each fail, adds a slice to her heart
Some are shallow;...

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The Vicious Wicked Cuts Of Dead Dreams And Reality

The lake, its long, wide sandy beach, called to me
urgent messages, saying feel this in my seeking heart
cryptic signs, splashing in stormy moonlit swells
that vision, that jewel, pure beauty walking on water
a ravenous goddess sent to Love...

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Captured like game. 
Branded like cattle. 
Herded like sheep
Treated Like cargo, and defects where thrown in the deep.
Certified merchandise 
"***** show me your teeth"
Murder guys who don't hold their own; no hope for the weak

"You better dig deep, 
Cause I don't care about your suffer and strife"
If you were...

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cold cuts
of braised kick
naked limb

11.07.16...

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Act of inspiration wrestle pythons
Research scientists are the primary audience 
ethics and research breakthroughs

bring the beauty, multi-media presentation allows
photographers 
Auto loading service pistol-  long awaited culmination

Brutally overbuilt 
disregard" the request for help 
generally docile  the loudest creatures on earth

Shoot, shovel, and shut-up
collaborators use...

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Blank white sheet of paper FOREVER I AM in your debt…please allow me to EXPRESS my INFINITE gratitude… for it was you that granted me the chance to finally RELEASE…*FREEDOM*…for so long I’ve searched for a home that I could sincerely call my own…I know...

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many in this group
chicken enhanced shark fin soup…
fresh fish on the loop...

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Time, Cuts Like A Knife

Would I perish in this onrush of racing time
if so would that be a gentle mercy or a crime
Dying one travels a sad mystery called Death
should one fight death until that last breath

Is love truly the fullfillment of the great Law
or...

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Peel back my skin & you will find bone. 
Bone so white that it drarwfs the paper I scribble on now. 
Just like your my bone. 
Just like his bone. 
Just like the bones of all of those who are black, yellow, red, purple &...

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She was broken,
Into tiny sharp pieces.

I tried to fix her,
But she bled me like leeches.

She broke my heart,
Without touching me.

When she cut herself,
With that tiny sharp piece.

It hurts so bad,
To see her crying.

Broken inside,
Her will is dying.
 
Thier sharp pieces,
They cut her deep.

Her painful scars,
Forever...

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Obscurity's trenchant
     sorrows blotting 
        tissue paper cuts,
tears aptly smeared
    in hidden fears of
        first dashed allusions,
darkly flippant metaphors
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Today is the first day of the rest of your life
Good or bad, happiness and strife, your choice
Hopefully, it's positive
It's your prerogative
Avoid the stresses that cut like a knife...

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Theres a thin edge; to every wedge.'...

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