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We know not when what the times sing

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Not knowing what the times sing, we,
Forest flames well before spring, we,
Our joy of life nowhere in sight,
At festive times fidgeting we.
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Life’s not just a stray piece of time
Given to us, reason nor rhyme,
It has a full spectrum of shades--
Far violets to infra reds,
A journey and rare odyssey,

Seldom do we live all alive,
And set off nowhere to arrive,
Live, but deep within all empty
Amidst all our strident gaiety,
To celebrate in a vacuum.

We take part but stand all apart,
Soul goes with us, nor ever heart.
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Quatrain |21.07.2025| men, life, time 
Note: The four lines of this quatrain could well be the first two couplets of a ghazal. The following ten lines elaborate what the quatrain has to say.

Coloring Book

A bountiful array presents itself,
    From its constant electro-magnetic display.
With a spectrum of rebounding wavelengths,
    And a variety of colorful todays.

This multitude of color gives us boundaries,
    From the infra-red to ultra-violet.
Providing our perception with stubborn stop
    Signs, as viewing beyond does not permit.

Within these limits of our vision, we're
    Left with a plentiful bunch to describe.
As they are exposed through a lexicon of
    Meanings, by cliche or slang rhetoric to bribe.

So while black and white are constant borders,
    We go well beyond those 50 shades of grey.
With thoughts of golden parachutes and 
    Silver linings, granting hope to us everyday.

When the entire menu is looked upon, we've
    Learned that the primary ones create most.
Whereas red and blue get used politically,
    Yellow is cowardly and cautious from coast to coast.

Since there's no way to see the complete palette,
    To explain all the mixtures nature has seen.
Rest assured that the fusion & various combinations,
    Leaves a remnant of beauty and envy that's green.

Box Off

Box Off
The black box that tells of approaching enemy missiles is turned off
The black box that jams enemy missiles it turned off
The black box that dispenses radar jamming chaff is turned off
The black box that launches infra-red flares is turned off
The black box that gives out false position locations is turned off
The black box that plots enemy defence locations is turned off
The black box that steers a course round enemy radars is turned off
The black box that sees enemy anti-aircraft guns is turned off
The black box that should save our jet and our lives is turned off
We are now dead and our warplane is now destroyed
The black box should’ve been turned on

Exsanguinating Leeches

Exsanguinating leeches
Rich cream on ripened peaches,
Or Riviera beaches,
tickling the ears it reaches

Exsanguination is to bleed
A practice we no longer need
Now, Coumadin can quickly speed 
The death of rats, poison indeed!

Like Sisyphus, his rocky hill
Now Eliquis, without the thrill
For those with fibrillations still
‘Tis clots, not rocks, the bitter pill

So now I think to bleed a leech
Might be a task just out of reach
I do implore, I do beseech
Pin down his arms, grab hold of each!

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h/t to Howard Osborne’s INFRA DIG

Infra Dig

INFRA DIG

The effect of time on sculpture is to patinate
Albeit that such artistic skill may be innate
The age of such treasures whether early or late
May for most, be quite difficult to calculate
Yet still makes focused minds concentrate
Despite empty criticisms that can aggravate
And so much academic fury will accumulate
But still identify a new theory to formulate
Perhaps items from an old German palatinate
Or commissioned by a Far Eastern potentate
When commonly using leeches to exsanguinate
And sheriffs given his orders to disseminate
All this as research findings to communicate
Even with some dispute about the actual date
Most would have their reputations to elevate
Yet shared archaeology claims they can’t separate

Symbolism

they harvested by darkness
tractors carving through the night
up and down the plantation
guided by the infra red light
and the pilots in their cabins
hidden way down deep inside
watched through the video screens
to control their night long ride

the operation ceased at day break
in case of enemy attack
and the machines converted
pulled cutters in and back
for  the armour to be deployed
and in just a few moments there
they’d made an attack weapon
from  their mobile ploughshare

Ethics - Some Facts

Sivananda said it, so have others:
Unless we evolve spiritually
Humans will destroy the whole planet

Over time, we began as non-ethical
Then we progressed to infra-ethical
( The state of the animal kingdom)
Next wasn't Ethical Evolution, naturally
But anti-ethical in intelligent beings!

Why are intelligent beings anti-ethical
They permit hurting of others, 
While not tolerating such hurt themselves!
Thus spake Aurobindo 
In "The Human Cycle" & "The Life Divine"
But you will argue The Bible said it too
I agree with you, but weep at haters amidst us

Relapse

Across the millennia,
discussing the lapse:
infra or sub or
supra, perhaps?
A logical ordering
somewhat rehearsed…
Did God have to wait
or work it out first?
Is He sin’s author?
His decree permissive?
Certainly don’t mean
to be dismissive…
A no to the first,
the next, some degree,
'tis mostly man’s pride
declaring self free.
These sequenced events
would seem ‘gainst His nature;
He knew and it was
in my nomenclature.


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H/T To Maurice Rigoler's Prelapsarian

Ultramarine Dream

Ultramarine Dream

  Infra indigo sky meets ultra marine horizon.
  Infinity pool  beside wonderful wide vast ocean.
  Your swimming costume in sapphire satin to glow glisten.
   Your  alluring glances whelming on ecstatic illusion.

   On your sky-blue cap reflection of sunrays slips flashes.
   Infra indigo sky meets ultra marine horizon
   Me sinking in blinking of your deep charcoal eye lashes.
   Your lustrous arogant beauty blazing on moist lustrine..

   Enjoying soothing aqua touch:Spring is the season
    .Seems floating on ocean.frantic excitement to feel
  . Infra indigo sky meets ultra marine horizon
    Eager hearts twisting whirling twirling in tremendous thrill.

     Drinking dormant desires drowning in ultramarine dream.
     Boundless joy soaring high without specific reason
      As if swimming on ocean vision extending to brim.
     Infra indigo sky meets ultra marine horizon.

     11/13/21

"U" Contest new poems by La Constance France

Ultra Violent Light

Dark grey matter
manifest crimson flow tendacies
Fade to black thoughts 
formaldehyde revealed thru scope sight
Scarlet droplets trace a fetal prone outline;
such a morbid delivery ... 
a yellow tape, premature plight

Coffin borne mutilated bodies 
with bullet death birthmarks:
Revolver uttered first cries of last rites
A morgue spectrum of short wave anger — 
Trigger hatred
blinded by ultra violent light

Living in crypt darkness,
metal barrel skin worms catacomb move  
with cadaver quickness
towards the UV light
Leaving iron-copper tracks of desecration,
as a spectral flatline 
guides their hooked pellet mind

Cherry bomb pulmonary flashes 
of ultra violent light
show the infra red, spherical graveyard
shining deathly bright
Sadly visible 
from the firmament height

Selective Blindness

Blinded to all of the desirable flaws
within pillow reach
Shallow beauty of uneven temperament
rises and falls
with the tide of X-ray attraction

Ultraviolet thoughts in visible range,
scan the scarred marks 
on an arrhythmic, telltale heart
Tender touch select a barely audible
passionate promise of silhouette pleasure
Sarah Vaughan on the playlist,
speaks softly low 
after every Phyllis Hyman kiss

Silky braille scats,
pure Al Jarreau ...
fingering the body fretboard
Leaves an infra-red lip signature

Blind to the faults
of a carefree gypsy, wandering attitude
Wait patiently
to impart a better bosom perspective

Open the clay vaults
while the lava flow of the moment moves
Let love clarity
be the retinal force which aorta give

See those gems of free expression
paint the intimate mood 
Glittering hues of breathtaking ecstasy
is blind to the fact — 
seeking love is a natural obsession

Charming Brown

Charming brown it's the smell of a cocoa, 
the brown suit , the caramel perfume,
pouring of a caramel on a brown tea that the
brown shoes descending on brown path,
it is a charming brown.

brown leaves, brown dress,
down the path, up to the trees,
it is more of brown.

brown twigs, brown suit,
smells natural, scent of humility,
down the road,
down to the under-ground,
it is brown color.

brown natural leaves above the brown dress
below it is the 'sweet teeth',
brown leaves and trees just produces sort of taste.

the bouncing infra-red ,red-light on the red leaves,
that improves intelligent
on a major brown suit.

brown weeding gowns, brown nests,
here and up there,
blue sky, white clouds moving to the west
the brown dresses and the brown suits.

pitching down, plunging down, descending down,
going up, lifting up, rising up,
brown dust up in the air,
brown hill, brown shoes,
dancing on a brown path,

red leaves blew up,elaborated by wind 
extending red on a major brown dress,
the major brown Princess, the woman in brown dress,

Infra Red

restless
eyes aflame
love dances
        with desire,
laid bare
in a tableaux
        of passion

Avina Netu

The final Rhapsody for an Infra red head
A sunny  rise sparking caprice flames
Avina Delis seduces me with her radiance
Bearing the title of the Scarlet Queen
Deserving of a crimson crown
Lorraine Floyd glowing, her ruby heart is pure sexuality
Cute Sunny swaying under an auburn light, show casing flexibility
Burning brightly like no other, Avina Netu does
Klara undresses from a black velveteen
She's all I ever dreamed and wished
Roza  Zadova is supple and lean
From the visions I've witnessed she can please. she can do no wrong
What's it like to please her on your knees
As she exudes unseen waves of attraction
The only one who can make me be silent
Transfixing my mind
Emanating grace from her flowing mane
Heat keeps rising, she's the temptress of my thoughts
Dawning love from her fiery glow
A relentless desire from an enchanting phenomenon
Different aliases, same beautiful woman

Infra Redhead

Invisible flames
emanate from your flowing mane
Flecks of fiery freckled specks
radiate from your glowing face
Your ruby heart wears a crimson crown
that completely, queenly captivates me
I’m forever your faithful knight,
whose armor reflects the auburn light
burning bright from your halo hair
	Infra Redhead ... 
unseen waves of attraction
caused me to be led
to your scarlet soul fortress
And the invisible flames
emanating from your flowing mane
totally transfixed my terreted mind
	Infra Redhead ... 
I feel oscillating passion heat increasing
whenever I utter your name
Unseen waves of desire
attracts me to you like a moth to the flame
You’re an untamed filly Mustang
with a fiery red flowing mane
Unfettered ruddy heart 
roaming the wild, rocky terrain — 
you chose to let me calm your restless spirit
on a peaceful, elevated Peruvian plain 
	Infra Redhead ...
raised my hopeless heart from the dead
with a dawning love daily resurrected

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