Caging
The last of the people with answers are gone
they'll be buried on the first of next month.
I'm the coward who didn't ask the questions in time,
because I didn't want to unravel the blackness.
but the truth is a butterfly, and caging truth is a lion
given time the lion will escape, stalk then devour
but the butterfly
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Categories:
caging, truth,
Form: Free verse
Caging the Snake
You first forgive
to then forget
Judgment lost
in past regret
To change the mantra
soul’s unfilled
And cage the snake
—from now until
(Freemont Street Las Vegas: July, 2022)
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Categories:
caging, forgiveness,
Form: Rhyme
Honesty Is Very En-Caging
May I be frank with you...
Why, that's something you should never do
Unless you live in the zoo
And the animals look just like you
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Categories:
caging, animal, giggle, integrity,
Form: Light Verse
Caging the Button
I caught a glimpse of myself in the sideview mirror.
my eyes replaced by two large black buttons,
similar to the ones on my Fathers' outdated overcoat.
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Categories:
caging, introspection,
Form: Free verse
-caging Pages-
Turning pages
Blaspheming churches
Crucifying sages
Causing rages
Turning pages
Wandering mazes
Furthering crazes
Nullifying searches
Turning pages
Erasing phrases
Controlling phases
Dazzling praises
Turning pages
Relenting urges
Escaping cages
Paging ages
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Categories:
caging, philosophy,
Form: Verse