Best Marbled Poems

I live my life in moderation
so I can afford the extravagance 
of dawdling in dreams.

The price of creativity is idle time spent
longing for depth, 
with words in my hand
and though there's nothing crucial to say 
my tongue craves the nectar of new syllables.

A harlequin lexis...

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Most hearts are marbled with the fat of prejudice.
Some more than others.
Some have a heart that beats lean.
Like a white rose in the summer heat. 

Others have more fat than heart.
Theirs beats much more slowly.
Rebuffs all visions of love.
Every beat billowing a bolus of hate.

How...

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My mind at the moment reminds me 
of making marbled paper
creating designs with dyes of different colors
floating in psychedelic swirls 
placing the plain white sheet atop the water 
before peeling it away like a temporary tattoo
In my fantasies we two 
have strolled the streets of...

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you held my breath
in a silent string,
while you kept shut
your heart from me;

away,
away and away
from me—
I pushed me out

yet you wait for me,
your marbled love
like you were Galatea
and I'd just carved you.

A warmth
I thought I felt,
but it's
cold and clear as glass,

yet you crumble me—
you pulled...

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