Angst Language Poems

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Before the primate known as “man” became loquacious, 
With all his fishnet shenanigans, skylarking monkey shines, 
And thermo-nuclear weapons, 
There was a time when words...

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my brain has its own life,
its own conversations,
never-ending circumlocutions

this confabulation of memory
leaves me unsure of
the reality of my thoughts

is this a chemical misstep,
a minuscule of...

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A Toast To Dr Spooner

William Archibald Spooner 
22/7/1844 -  29/8/1930

Here's to Doctor Spooner
Man of linguistic fame
Though sadly today maybe 
Not so many know his...

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What Love commands the train fulfills, 

The six thirty bounds to Coney Island 

Where the green Ubers awaits the passengers 

Morning greetings, (Urdu) of few...

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Myself I’ve never been
much of a mathematician 
Algebra and stuff
didn’t add up to much
when I made the decision 
to respond to you 
our multi-versed 
mathematical...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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No Peace

Incessant wailing and slamming doors,
Horrid trudging on the floors,
You think this phases me in the least?
No more, for I get no peace.

Messing about with...

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Narrative of the Year of Rat

February is like a fierce tiger dashing down the mountain
The trees and the grass were startled
The water in its inherent...

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The silence of the Bat

The bat is silent, still
Awake in the dark, never resists the sun
Even on the human's table
or becomes auspicious decoration
It remains silent
...
Humans...

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Free association comprises ratiocination...

Bonafide catatonic doggedness,
nevertheless this stubborn stoic poet writ
afore and another feeble effort courtesy
exhaustive mental effort
he brewed den - brought about divine visit
analogously...

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I try to hide every feeling
pushing each desire down as I breathe;
I dance around each touch I can’t take; 
Aching to make a move, my...

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Language of heart circuitous
Longing for cherished levity
Labyrinth walks ethereous
Leaden soul soothed of self pity

Listening to a chirping bird 
Let the looping calm sink inward
Lightheartedness morphs...

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There is a great longing when I look to the sea,
Like I’ve missed out on my calling and my true destiny.
In the crashing of the...

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He  wore a  suit  dark with discernment
He smiled as if laughter were tears
His eyes   showed a hint of  that...

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