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Volcano Run part 3 - Escaping the Ashfall

...Part three

Once we were home, the bikes secure
we sealed the clubhouse, best we could
waiting for the ash to stop 
but fearing that it never would,

All the TV news was dismal;
all predictin...

Ova

...The distant cold hum
of a refrigerated embryology.

Morning eggs arrayed
in their cartons,
domed power-plants
in laboratory-white.

I crack a shell open,
by cautious habit
check for any tel...

Blood Stained and Bleeding World

...
What's happened to world serenity?
It been trampled on and has run amuck,
burned and wounded, ravaged by hate 
while people look on as though they're dumbstruck.
The world has lost its identity...

AND THEN HE WAS GONE FBI KISH ISLAND

...AND THEN HE WAS GONE OFF THE COAST OF KISH ISLAND IRANIAN INTELLIGENCE A ROUND ABOUT OF DETAILS MOSTLY THE STARTLING FIVE PHOTOS OF BOB LEVINSON HOLD UP NOTES WHILE WEARING ATTIRE FROM GITMO REACHING...

JAZZ

...Nail walking down the street
Carrying a bagful to fix something
For the master who owns my dreaming
Storefronts lolling sidewalks asleep
Night quiet jazz, Erie, PA
The endless road breaking cart...

I Am Your Basic Product

...I am your basic product in demand
I am on the market shelf discounted 
50% off, marked down as special
I am on the bridge between the shifts
I am a shopping spree gone wrong

Jumping off the le...

Moving

...
It’s a warehouse now!
Apartment no more, 
filled with bags and boxes 
and cartons galore.

Go look in the drawer,
But the item’s not in it.
In the box marked Save, 
Discard, Storage Unit?
...

my enemy gave to me

...On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my enemy gave to me
Twelve upset tummies gurgling
Eleven spoiled milk cartons curdling
Ten missed opportunities to achieve
Nine judges who refused my reprieve
E...

New Years Old Wishes

...“We have two lives, and the second begins when we realize we only have one.” - Quote by Confucius
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It is at this time of
the ye...

the day after

...This morning 25/12

We got up late, the night had been mild
No, wind is making a noise attacking the building
I have to go out to buy petrol and to find 
An Indian grocer which is open
My wife ...

Downbringing

...They didn't have an upbringing
it was more of a downbringing instead.
It can happen when a parent 
acts more like a friend.
Stuffed animals are commissioned
to cloak, deflect and defend
milk ca...

Back To School

...Early September rain 
A dampened sidewalk, 
Wet leaves lead me back
To blackboards and chalk

The wood of the desks
Cupboards along the wall,
Fresh, clean and simple 
Newly awakens it all

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Advice to a Young Poet

...Read Ted Kooser. Save your egg cartons until you have a fitted stack tall enough to be mistaken for an art project. Melt them down in a bucket of water. See how the float at first, then slowly succum...

AUSTERE TIMES

...Milk bottles we would rinse out and return.
Pop bottles take back to claim the tuppence. 
Kellogg’s cartons collected for the kids
To cut and paste and learn creative art.
Unburnt cinders reclaim...

Changed Life - Changed Past

...Shopping in the city, Christmas presents she had been collecting.
The young woman was feeling quite tired as she was expecting.
She was slight with a baby bump, and all remarked, very pretty.
Chri...

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