Best Subsequent Poems

The irony of dissension
that failing path's ingress
that module with its faction
that moment of duress.

That falling out of practice
that holiness to test
is subsequent by number
a follow up's digest!

The blessing of my venture
the years of common stress
are subsequent indenture
a follow up as less!

I do my greatest censure
but...

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not having a chance to get their own birth
perfect
(having had no say in the matter), the perfectionist is thrown into the world,
where chaos reigns---
and the primary caregiver who showed up for the
job
(providing one was lucky enough to have someone show),
they do their best to keep...

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Bugles
Calling horses 
Some missing riders
The enemy dead beyond
A five hour victory march
In the morning the burials commence
The following day all men to rest
And with the subsequent dawn—to start again

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)...

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a thousand nodes in the head ovoid
light up all at once humming in unison
emanation of bliss manifests as cool heat
subtler than the subtlest magnetism thus far
these luminous implants pulsate without cessation
as inner polarity of senses savours boons of God’s grace
osmotically absorbed within each pore of...

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