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The Muezzin

...Before light’s encroaching
Beams, across wavelengths
Of glints, in between yawning
Protocols of waking,
The cocks strike a redundant
Note.
Choked by their own sensitive
Yodelling spree, muted ...

The Frog That Became King

...He took an oath beneath the chandelier palace,
tongue lapping at furtive moth wings.
A crown of collectible bottle caps
balanced on his warty brow.

Lilith bowed as he passed,
her petals mutter...

Difference is not Abnormality

...I before e, except after c
As in “piece” or “niece”, “belief” or “Brie”,
The rule that school drummed into me
But there’s no such thing as conformity
Albeit that most words comply 
Some do not a...

She Was in Charge of Everyone

...She should be ashamed, he should be ashamed, they should be ashamed
Nasari grew up hearing these daily chastises from her mother
She knew that she also should be ashamed
And yet she did not know t...

Precedent setting the stage for kerning and tracking piqued my interest

...Precedent setting the stage for kerning and tracking piqued my interest

Just before logging off for the day,
and ready to boogie out of the joint
an email landed squarely in my inbox
cordially ...

Drumrolls

...Samuel Woodruff was a very old man, who once drummed for the army;
That marched to his rhythmic music, along with all fifers, playing hearty.

That was a lifetime ago, in dawn days so pink...

FIELD TRIPS

...
As teachers we loved taking our students on field trips
knowing once we set foot outside our classroom door
we might be able to show them something they’d never seen before.

I suppose that’s w...

Sam was Never Alone

...The shipwreck had left Sam a bit delirious.
He had been floating in the ocean on a board for days.
The sky opened and he saw a white cloud
Sitting on it was a white wolf
There was a crescent moon...

Dulcinea always Dulcinea

...I am the knight-errant, he sang in a loud excited way.
riding his horse Rocinante, each and every day.
his pot-bellied friend Sancho Panza continued to stay.
even though tricks were played on them...

Last First Draft

...Massing waves drummed offshore
Above them a partnered wind blew
Together they prepared to war
Against what I once knew

The dark and cold green vastness 
Carried forward my waterloo 
Upon the ...

Don Diddy's Deeds

...DON DIDDY'S DEEDS
 
Diddy, the daring, dashing dude,
Dabbled in dalliances, oh so crude.
Darting through dreams, dollars, and deucing.
Dangling diamonds & jewels, with his schuffel dancing.4

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Sincerely so

...I've known my love for what now seems to be a long time 
And yet I'd forced myself not to acknowledge it 
Not to let my heart intrude upon the determination of my mind
I'm dying for your love
I w...

The elevator man

...He was fearful that if he fell asleep,
lithium batteries in his cells would leak.
A new prescription his psychiatrist wrote
and that's how he started on Depakote..
His ups and downs were hard to ...

Hostages Kidnapped: Casualties of War

...Hostages kidnapped: casualties of war

After extorting pound of flesh
lifetime humiliation drummed into captives
hammering indelible nightmare
no amount of therapy can expunge.

Lifetime traum...

Running Out of Time

...Down each alley in this country, my friend,
the strings of injustice are being strummed,
songs of revolution are getting hummed,
and the beat of hatred is being drummed.

On each Main Street in ...

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