Long Absconds Poems

(Dedication: For Tiaua M Ioane)
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Here on this earth each soul must walk
From time of birth until death stalks.


Each day hurls forth with stress and strain
As we go north and face each pain.


No matter how or...

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Impossible mission to pinpoint present
such fleeting moment instantaneously spent
according to yours truly i.e. this gent
mind boggled, intrigued, stymied...
courtesy unseen minute
(mine hoot, minoot, my newt...) agent

provocateur stealing every precious second,
whether or not satisfactorily spent
time thief absconds...

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While my happiness hawls in a dark cave of self-doubt, I smile.
Burying my brain cells in the grave of immense fear, I speak.
While my dreams burn in the dreary path of desolation, I suffer to...

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After July abdicates, august August arrives,
and the year advances, as annually agreed. 
After assessing alternative alternatives and accords,
as anticipated, no other affirmative alternative is advanced. 
Actually August is always an annual actuality, affably accepted
as amicable...

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i Trees

A kaleidoscope cathedral rustling,
hustling life-light into every thinning limb.
Earth-emblems embalming every rogue
marauding cell in resin. Violent poppies
dripping blood-petals on never-ending war.
Wood knots are eyes, never closing. They must close
or shed tears against sear of...

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Lone Wolf…
He is the irony unto his lonesome self
Thrust upon this world
A cub youngling
He absconds from family
In search of something else

The Lone Wolf…
A spirit found, a spirit lost
Travails path of storm and wind
Looking and seeking
The...

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Haphazard chaos became the norm.
Attention Deficit Disorder brought the storm
Throw in a little hyperactivity and boys.
Rip roaring commotion and a disarray of toys.
Every action challenged serenity.
Drama pierced peaceful woodlands rowdily. 

Never did their pain elicit...

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Time draws us closer
If we salute social partners
Who bless our lives, eliminating any stressor
From the corners

Where time creates quality time
To share
To climb to the prime
Level of the care

We disperse and dispense
In the interaction
Whose essence
Consolidates affection

In...

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Awakening to the scent left of you
in haze of incandescent light
your form still imprinted in my sheets
your perfume still on my pillows...

I remember you spooning next to me
with your sultry satin smile
love that blossomed into...

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The verve of sensation and stylish variety-
Moves deeper inside where the rage of my heart
Defines my displeasure, yet tears me apart 
To know what remains is derisive to fantasy.

And perfection is seen as exclusive not...

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Impervious to love or hate, trapped beneath the skin
A symptom, fluid token with the temptation of sin
For lust reacts such potently, a blazing whiter flame
Destroys the heart and soul, the carcass burnt and maimed
Hate is...

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5 dimes rest on the cafe counter top
Left behind by a visitor who dined
Waitresses must honor pancake wishes
As they disappear into the kitchen 
Swinging doors slam hard behind 
The Greasy Spoon makes dishes fly 
Coins...

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“The storm has truly unleashed its full fury,”
The perfectly coiffured, newswoman says.
She is not worried about the low taste
Of purloining these old and outdated clichés. 

Over and over the same words repeated,
Until sensitive folks shut...

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Big crowd gathering,
Street mime motions;
Silence speaks loud


By this bench,
Mall-side pavilion;
Busy feet greet


Shoppe sales,
Brisk human traffic;
Up sell more stuff


City mall heat,
Air-con breakdown;
Sweaty auras


Fauna and flora,
Wild flowers bloom;
Singing in the rain


Lovely lovebirds:
Octopus tentacles;
Shyness absconds


Morning psalm
Sparrow songbird;
Balcony recital


Window...

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Still straying in the dark I ponder
I was just a renegade in wonder
All was wrong, and time in haste
Life was stuck and all a waste

Still fuming in my thoughts, I hurt
I was just another soul...

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