Ballooner, blink in the hot air.
Wink, O noonday sun.
On the brink, is life unfair?
Drink and be as one!
Supreme being, I imbibe!
Above god and man!
Dervish, deus, diatribe!
Lengthen, every span!
Grim-faced, O my spectres?
Well, that's the way it goes.
Singulars and hectares!
Core cone, thy carrion crows!
Trammell the enameling?
O nightingale, sing sweet.
O sky above, thy paneling!
O lion, at thy feet!
Yellow priestess, ritual.
Of this what knoweth ye?
Barrel out the brazen bull!
Fling out, fancy-free!
Rhyme and riddle, rill on roll.
Drums, thy wargods beat.
Goddess of the asherah pole!
Chosen to complete!
Tyrant of tomorrow?
An image wrought in spark.
Brindle, bindle, broken bow!
Gold, fluoresce in dark!
Hone thy skill, O warrior!
Dare not to drop thy tools!
Skyscraper, art free and sure?
Toss away thy rules...
Oh ocean of that long-gone embryo
Careening stormy erratic, to pacific
Ever sculpting in navy-wavy trance
Atop your peaks diamond ambrosia
Never-never dreams, you've grown ~
Troughs, they stripped fear’s heart
Rendering a wanderer, now braver
Enameling away sea-shine opaline
as Nautili curling their striped sola
Soak me up to float down in blues
undulating in the sunk, spilled sou
roughened in a barnacle-concealer
Estuary-rich, unfurl the flowing life ~
(11/13/2020)
Much I marveled the splendid beautiful jewels of Taylor
I heard the Liberian, tall regarding of her gold;
Eagerly I looked for the Alexander Baylor;
Envied here for evermore precious rubies sold;
In service to the throne must I remind her?
Soft is your touch;
Alas the diamond is rough;
Take thy coal from out my heart;
Compress it with power ignited this rock;
Rubies and gold are just a start;
Gatherings of precious jewels ravages;
Instead I uncovered the rose quartz;
And its eyes have all the enameling savages;
I could not awaken that gilded, gilded spark lings;
My eyes blinded by the brilliant gems;
Gold and diamonds are my favorite precious gem;
5/9/19
~Placed 3rd Place~ in Contest
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