Long Arcana Poems

A Journeyman

Prologue and Epitaph:

I am the fool, the jester, clown, a harlequin, charade, façade of many
shades and colours, mascara over broken fragments, dead and gone

1)	Megalomaniac charlatan, lost in destruction, finding the path, the touch,
the miracle...

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“Before The Firing Squad”



the firing squad 
came dressed
in faux smiles

the intervention cake 
was spoon fed, like honey,
by mother superior

to the lesser bee,
with self-righteous
magnanimity

she wore the badge
Devil’s Advocate, proudly,
without any clear authority

casting bloodied 
nasturtiums around the...

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“Unicorns are Us” 

You can only imagine
the furore 
when magick
hit the score
the Party, not impressed,
was not for witches
too big for their
britches on brooms,
said all the high-brow
cultural dignitories
and low-strung 
toad hall politicians
pacing around the room;
so all...

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“Spilt Milk”



Warm milk 
before bedtime
spilt before sleep

The salty tear
in a body of work 
along the dark line kissed

steamed open
like an envelope
secrets laid bare

reveling in whispers
moist lipped, barely contained 
lovers and their conspiracies

pulses felt 
quills dipped...

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"BLACK CAT"



SILENCE
prowls on soft paws 
with sharp claws
Cutting up the 
Middle Road
Dark shadow moves 
SILIENCE
In absentia 
Empty Absynthe
Puncture wounds
Cold wind blows
Over tracks
Skids softly
like warm 
gants de Suède
on 
Poets’ Row
Rat goes 
Rat goes
Red scream 
scarlet ribbons...

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"Small Wars in Paradise"



A small war in paradise
where the walls
are dripping 
hearts pinned 
with golden words

A ghost behind 
the eyes of a Fate
shines a light
on the self-righteous 
misinformed deux Moirai, 

advocatus diaboli -

what remains,
The Devil’s...

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In regnis verborum, ubi somnia avolant,
Versum componam virtute purissima.
Calamo in manu, cor meum flagrat,
Narrabo fabulam, notissimam unquam.

Super tabula caelesti gratiae,
Colores amplexus amoris exprimam.
A primo mane ad crepusculi fulgorem,
Tapestry conficiam, poetae somnium.

In pratis aureis, ubi flores...

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"Husk"




3 decades sucked out the marrow
Swallowed yesterdays
Spits out a Queen from the crumbling Tower

Ten of swords 
High Priestess
Tarot

Husk arisen
Papillon Lefevre will be killed and bitten
Princess supersedes Queen to conquer Life

Through 'true' Love this is written
So...

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Black Lilly:

The red sun sets as the crystal moon rises over the vast country side. Stars above glisten with perfection in bright arrays as the earth below them silently moves.

Her aging pale eyes look outward...

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"Between the Pillars of Black and White"



You sit alone in your power
between the pillars of 
black and white
holding your book in hand

The words are your keys
not the mind of some libertine
an interventionist morai fate 
twisting...

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In the cosmic forge, where stars knead their ethos, there words were born,
To be vestments for the pristine truth, obsidian fervor.
They interlaced, shining fiery like a swarm of fireflies in the twilight of withered memory.
Ruler...

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     "Temperance Tarot"



in the mystical ream of tarot card prediction
painted canvas figurines proclaim Future depiction
a magical illusion holding phenomenal accuracy
revealing journeys to follow eluding to great Destiny.

the Major Arcana cards are...

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Time cascades like falling leaves
Floating where the wild winds gust
A moment past, forever lost
Enveloped in a stream of years

To be, to cease, to drift away
Some distant place awaits beyond
Remote, unyielding, surpassing measure
To liberate all past...

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He’ll either choose you or her. 
we don’t know but we know. 
Obsession pennies, and hands drool for more. 
You give in to the oracles. 
Snow hands like those on The Lovers card. 
Can’t you...

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otherwise called book of wisdom
with its teachings and archetypes

laws and lessons as relevant today
as they were hundreds of years ago

history repeating itself
human nature being what it is

the mysteries of mankind’s experience unveiled
come to light in...

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I took a Major Arcana Tarot card deck,
And put foretelling to the test.
The querent would be the Earth,
With a past, present and future spread for our mirth.

I guess I'm the 'King of Swords',
The proud significator;
Of...

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Thrown from heavens tides, 
an embryonic entombment drowning in desire…
For I have seen the face of an angel, 
bending realities before my despondent eyes…

Where for the beats of my hapless heart,
sending signals to your ravaging...

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Night air shivers in restless repose
To pallid dreams of dorment desire
Creaking groans of lost souls moan
Some poor tortured thing may haunt

Besieged by phantasmagoric demons
Lest blood deceive pernicious tales
Crumbling corridors hear chants that echo
Midst gossamer embraces...

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I come to you from my lake of dreams
Crossing the divide between worlds
You called me with your tears
That echo through the void

Your grief drowns in thoughts
Worn sadly upon your brow
It fills me with yearning lament
That...

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the tall red shadow waits on me
a con artist behind a porcelain desk
please feed the dark cat with musk up your sleeve
orange in the spotlight
spare a lighter, sweets

got terminated for bodily mutilation
omeprazole parole i'll sleep...

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