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Turnstile
Nothing matters nothings 
changed
Ride the highway to the grave
I missed the train but i'm on 
the bus
Now i find i can't get off
Ghosts of riders from another 
day
Faces smile in the strangest 
ways
In the city i know the cost
I still feel like i'm getting lost

One...

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Categories: turnstile, inspirational
Form: ABC
Turnstile Carousel


Jail cell turnstile ... 
two coming in, one leaving out
Rehabilitated prison farm menu;
criminal cold turkey, 
and hot caught fee bitter words 
makes for a tough cement wall chew
Only the well-adjusted few
will make it thru
Leaving byway of the electronic gate
swinging open past the turnstile carousel
Up and...

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Categories: turnstile, metaphor, prison, society, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Turnstile
At death, stood one, at a turnstile,
Whether each, facing judgment, would pay.
There, no accord for entry, was made worthwhile,
Nor was there bestowed a ready day.

For the tree that had fallen south or north,
In that direction, endlessly, remained the same.
Only the Godly, advanced henceforth,
Those who honored...

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Categories: turnstile, faith, hope, inspirational
Form: Lyric

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry



The Last Turnstile
Time regresses
images blur,
memories detained

Tokens injected
into the madness
—forever to remain

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)...

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Categories: turnstile, time,
Form: Rhyme
Turnstile
they say when
you reincarnate
you come back
exactly to the task

that kept you
from going on
but you need to
keep finding

what you
didn't do
and keep
pressing

on and on
and on you
will go if you
don't know the

question
for how can
you answer that
which you know not

know
what is
if you don't
know what's 

asked 
and so
never
will you

ride the
elevator...

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Categories: turnstile, muse,
Form:

Book: Reflection on the Important Things