Long Barters Poems

Tell me,
Father Time,
if you would share this space
it would mean everything to me
to us, so kind,
which forms of integrative diversity
incarnate your highest priority,
most comprehensive,
social-political-economic-cultural issues:

1. Domestic economy flat-line trends,

2. International peace intent and praxis,

3. Universally...

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No One
by Michael R. Burch

No One hears the bells tonight;
they tell him something isn’t right.
But No One is not one to rush;
he lies in grasses greenly lush
as far away a startled thrush
flees from horned owls...

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Kites still left hanging upon the winds oh, yes, the generous enchantment, the ever-innocent simplicity. 

Warning us and swirling around and whooshing about amid the humble Streams in the Spring. 

Time jovial, patient Offering Loving...

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~ (~) "Barters are made and bought... sold-for-and-sought-after; eternities light shown down-
from-there-to-here into-here-after... ." (~) ~


~ (~) "Because jovial now I know the truth, yes the only difference today remains to be the 
indifference I...

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Kites hanging on the winds the enchantment, simplicity ... warning swirling whooshing about amid the humble Streams in the Spring ... . Time jovial, patient Offering Loving thief it weeps ... ! Burnt down roses...

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Pride seeks
Obsession with self
Hugging our mirrors
Telling tales of our success
To any who will take a knee before us
But failure still dawns for this vanity
For even blind angels can find the gates
If they truly feel love...

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Beauty smiles
Truth keeps watch;
Joy murmurs

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Jacuzzi trip
Clear water massage;
Aqueous healing

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Midtown moments
Sunny side up;
Poignant flavours

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Walkway charades
Morning fiesta;
Umbrella cacophony

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Old Mister Lee
Two years gone;
Tembusu memoir

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Such silly antics
Blindside politics;
Monkey business

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Glimpses of home
Michelin Star meals;
Vivid prosperity

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Dark skyline 
Thunder and lightning;
Rainy dawn...

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Gentlemen, raise your glass to the British institution,
Breeding the champagne elite with seamless execution
Exclusively tailored for the clotted cream of the crop
With privileged patrilineage as the firm backdrop

The bespoke cradle that nurtures elite evolution
Crafting leaders...

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Kelso has a boat
smeared to the gunnels,
with cawk and greasy weeds.
Kelso is old enough
to be free of care,

his dog don't care neither.

At the prow of dawn
he hauls dripping lobsters
in their pots
up the scummy steps
of the...

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Every time John Bull brings the holly 
Out of the woods
I go where my poinsettias grow merrily
To see the fire glows
Red like blood in leaves defying
The winter's coming and the cold

Every time a spruce, pine...

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Closer now
closer than we’ve ever been
as tyrannies anthem
drive us all insane

Closer now
closer to the grand genocidal of our history
this screaming civilian
barters a blood transfusion for economy

So much closer now
the dark slaughterhouse of all our love
it’s...

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Athwart swayed a raven 'cross land,
yon cliffs 'n' moist mountains anon 't danced
'til a callous Centuar caught her
'n' made mess ''f graces nature barters.

Ergo did sh' rhino's allure snatch,
'n' 'to confetti crushed sanity's hatch;
her new...

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Light streams
Darkness dispersed;
Colours deliberate

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Dawn arrives
Calmly magnificent;
Joy feels vivid

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Morning permutations
Clockwork agenda rolls;
Memory and rote

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Tensile strength barters
Testing argument collides;
Taut tempers flare

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Moments of unease
Words in wrong order;
Conflagration attends

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Late night excursions
Unfinished business;
Graffiti messy enough

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Sit here and wait
Words missing voice;
No...

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I feel somber and distressed.
Life is unpredictable added with stress.

And yet, at times; daily life is monotonous.
Blithe indifference to anyones lewdness.

Feeling dysphoric laden with despair.
Trying to hang on; why should I care?

Dancing with intrusive thoughts...

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it tastes like spoiled chunky year old milk
from a broken wine glass
left in a burning shack
hidden deep within a green forest
barricaded by a black haunting mountain
i mean my old lover's mansion
at least it was spacious...

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What's a single mom, overworked witch to do?
School potlucks won't suck up fat vats of witch brew
Green goop soup disinfects science projects
Magic wand deflects coupon blonde's rejects

Soccer field congealed, frogs in fish tanks
Your warlock son...

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Dawn hurls
Day in re-birth;
Touching moments


Light kisses earth
Touch of magic;
A new dawn


Daylight removes
Deep darkness;
Birdsong greeting


Waiting
Is over now;
Illumination comes


Morning delight
Sparkling beauty;
Nature reveals secrets


Sunshine
Postures anew;
Life's philosophy


Fresh ideas
Pleasant coinage;
Adrenaline rush


Words queue
Symbols transit;
Transient exploits


Fresh insights
Emerge and endow;
Humanity barters


Lovely day
To do...

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The search for the silver lining 
is often in vain
when seeking the light 
within the pouring rain.
Not all barters
offer gain
nor is there answers
for all life's pains.

To live within
and through some storms
is just a lesson
in being...

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Kelso has a boat
smeared to the gunnels,
with cawk and greasy weeds.

At a prow of dawn
he hauls dripping lobster,
and their pots
up the scummy steps
of the silty stone harbor,
pushing a barrow
into the towns brick narrows.

Kelso barters claws...

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turning inside a cage
despair barters hope to seethe
wraith's beating fists heavy beneath
vicious growls a threat of means
the ominous promise to break free
baleful sounds from a fiend
inspire violent screams
jaded eyes weep in time to see
depravity’s push...

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