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I.    Lune written in syllables - 3/5/3
II.   Lune written in words -    3/5/3


I.

I woke up
from a head trip dream
         or did I ...

II.

flight of imagination
the veil of sleep lingers
          between two realms ...

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January 07, 2023


Poetry/Lune/Example
Copyright Protected, ID 01-1514-899-07
All Rights Reserved, 2023, Constance La France

Premium Member Strange Sleep Trimeric

Residual trance curves my lips,  
prism hearts left behind in dreams; 
Your lips as you pull my hair, 
I want you when I wake up;

Prism hearts left behind in dreams 
shine in the glow of morning eyes; 
Oh if they could feel my head trip;

Your lips as you pull my hair, 
we speak the same language; 
Together in eternal intervals; 

I want you when I wake up; 
You demanding me cools me down;
Seduced by this strange sleep.

Premium Member Hallucinations

Hallucinations in the sound of the wind 
and the doors of our favorite place;
Sounds in the woods 
and the roar of the waves, 
all I  see is your face;

The carnival ride of a head trip 
clouding my cheeks and flushing my thoughts,
focused on this altered state of mind 
drawn in by the euphoria of hallucinations;

The clarity in the dark of this vision
sometimes you don’t need to know; 
Your heartbeat is louder than words; 
The soundtrack to these hallucinations.


The Examination

Listless images swirl up from tangled seaweed.
Instead of going home to study
a youth stayed on at a topless bar.

This reoccurring nightmare is a parody,
a Dahliesque floor show of every
melting, pants down moment.

Unschooled for future-shock, ill-equipped
for long forgotten questions;
scruffy owls hoot in an empty lecture hall
as a mind reacts with a jittery dread.

A lost post-graduate thesis rides on a city bus,
passengers sit on it as they come and go;
the manuscript is deeply buckled
with butt cheeks.

No time to revise the unprepared.
Dimples of anxiety indent a head trip.
Despondency envelopes.

At any moment,
eyes will open above a pool of sweat,
then blink stupidly
as they have done - often and repeatedly
for the last 45 years.

The Examination

Listless images swirl up from tangled seaweed.
Instead of going home to study
a youth stayed on at a topless bar.

This reoccurring nightmare is a parody,
a Dahliesque floor show of every
melting, pants down moment.

Unschooled for future-shock, ill-equipped
for long forgotten questions;
scruffy owls hoot in an empty lecture hall
as a mind reacts with a jittery dread.

A lost post-graduate thesis rides on a city bus,
passengers sit on it as they come and go;
the manuscript is deeply buckled
with butt cheeks.

No time to revise the unprepared.
Dimples of anxiety indent a head trip.
Despondency envelopes.

At any moment,
eyes will open above a pool of sweat,
then blink stupidly
as they have done - often and repeatedly
for the last 45 years.

Rush of Hooves

hear the rush of hooves
in the first blush of the day
I see a head trip

01.05.17


Cowboys and All That Jazz - For Phillip Garcia

Her poetry was conceived
'round fancy pants scraps,
inclined to reverberate wrangles
'tween an I reckon ma'am
and well versed jazzy visuals,
paid no mind to cowboy's
bumbling foolishness &
lumbered foreign gibberish 
knowing full well it was
a lone star disposition,
merely a Texan head trip

See y'all next time...


Written in response to him calling out my words as 'fancy pants'...all in good fun.

"Well yessum we surely do. Y'all fancy type just lasso circles 'round us with yer fancy pants words."

Who Did It

Who Did It?
                                                  A
                                                Poet
                                            led me to
                                           Inspiration
                                     Imagine that? Bye ~
                               ~yah fellow wordsmith who
                                Defies his namesake daily
                             This, one of our most beloved…
                      artists who loves to share his knowledge
                             almost equally as his talents
                     Oh, and mad-skills he doth possess, yes
                            With the power of his pen’s ink
                              Before dawn, I was Scribblin
                             Not for the depth and breadth
                                   of his head-trip, yet
                                      I Scribbled MY
                                     Lost loves name
                                            in the
                                            sand
Jill Spagnola
7~15~2016

Head Trip

Money name fame 
take it all 
and buy me peace 
save me from my fall 
I ran on easy street 
like a deranged man 
but when i looked back 
chilling winter wind palpitated my heart 
Some are born with silver spoon 
i arrived with a wounded fate 
and i ride success hill by a crazy train 
but this eclat will fade to black 
Sometimes i fall in love 
but everytime i endure pain 
yet i want to burn in this sweet flame 
like a sapless man in the rain. 
People love me, people hate me 
i do not care much 
once fell from you 
oh' tree , fruit is not yours. 
Where do i go now 
i have house but not a home 
my dream castle is falling 
and affinities are burning to coal 
Now i am sitting here 
with corrupt heart and rusted mind 
dark lord is devouring my soul 
i do not wish to live anymore. 
This worriment is not only mine 
masses are suffering 
dwelling in the land of commotion 
waiting for cessation, asking the solution. 
                           The answer is 
Life is beautiful, ocean is more blue 
trees are greener and beauties are true 
love is so real, so is harmony and peace 
you can feel it if heart is open and vision is not blur.

Head Trip

skull
brain bank
protector
sanctuary
head

Cleaners

To have all the money in the world
That was dropped onto the ground
Every day, would uniform richness
But that isn't the way it is
Eyes glued to the pavement? 
Head hung to the streets?
To every place trampled 
There it goes
A poor, poor presence
Trying to have it all
Out of gas for everything 
Lucidly latched onto a hopeful head trip
Wearing masks to guise dreams whilst knowing
Its belly will not go up in flames.
Penurious promise shall control all
When the presence does nothing
But observe.

Head Trip

Get out of my head!
Stop bouncing throughout my thoughts!
Get into my arms!

I Hear You Talking Clearly But Im a Million Miles Away

I’m in a dream world most of the time
To escape reality because of all the war and crime
I sharpen my skill using my minds hone
I want to be as close as I can to the zone

My problems seem to grow bigger with every hour of every day
I hear you talking clearly but I’m a million miles away

I stay up in the clouds away from the confusion
I’ve created my paradise island will you visit my delusion
To stay away from anger and the constant hate
Go to your own place where your fantasies did formulate

My problems seem to grow bigger with every hour of every day
I hear you talking clearly but I’m a million miles away

If its all to much and you think you might flip
Get away from it all and take a needed head trip
Release your stress and watch it flow
Go to your imagination beyond the end of the rainbow

My problems seem to grow bigger with every hour of every day
I hear you talking clearly but I’m a million miles away

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