Long Closeup Poems

so much precious existence 
found me rooted with mouth ajar 
as sigh asper the dentin-cementum 
so mud dear reader (with dem perfect 
enameled pearly whites), aye har bar 
envy for those with a complete set...

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Dear  Olabosoye Oluwafunmilayo 
Raise up with joy  your cup
To thank Him- the standing backup
Being off and on like an innocent pup
Smiling at the lightproof to have a closeup

Toast to the new leaf turned
Hallelujah...

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I was shaken from my bed,                             ...

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CLICK…
Turn on Channel four,
Sultry starlets on the screen
For lasting beauty- use Maybelline
For winning smiles-try new Dentyne.
Turn the dial once more…
Aging actors on the screen
“You have our lifetime guarantee.”
“So, call right now, the call is free.”
Forget...

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The Easter lily welcomes spring,                              ...

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wondrous stuff is happening
awash within a silent bay 
a cell appears, divides 
and life reflected in its mother home,
a tender hydra will eschew its rest
and for a moment
infant man will stand in awe
a billion years...

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Wasp nest under construction...
vacancies for yellow jackets also available

alternately titled: eave'n roofs houses nidus 

If ye dear reader find yourself
as an under appreciated
busy buddy buzzfeeding bee -
hive got just the solution.

When me and the misses
entered...

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One Heart To Love 

The human heart is an opened door by which to explore
 One heart to mold a touch will mend
 The tug at the soul can lose control of it's hold
 An...

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The Army was getting desperate in nineteen-forty-three,
For warm bodies to fill vacancies in the good old infantry.
Alas, the draft board beckoned causing his heart to sink.
Thus, began the notorious career of Private Roscoe D. Schlink!

He...

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That About A Face

Previously responsible concerning an adolescent resplendent facial hallmark,
Awarded to privileges and sanctioned embellishment favoring enhancement,
Over time, years chip away unnoticeably o'er worn breathless moments,

Taunt texture of an arduous youth evaporates in a...

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media quotes some sources
"a major blow" is said,
and on, and on, they go
high-flying low-res video
of many, many miles below
pressin' technology's clout
to takin' part in takin' out

stamping listed targets
one, to number none gets
to meet oblivion's keeper
Hellfire...

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I Need to MAN Up And Love Myself
I'm just like a book on a bookshelf,
Haven't been read in a while
It's like I'm living in a state of defilement
It's dusty, who's been treated unjustly

So I turn...

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Exuberant Light

Selfless rays spring from tonal anagrams 
Crystal daybreaks that never know twilight
Released from the pure rhapsody “I Am”
Innocent of intention, free of night,
Nascent from infinity’s essence – light -
Unselfish benediction leaping up		
Vitality born in...

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it started as a game
a game without the rules
invented as we went along
that’s how it was with you

excitement slowly building
a stairway winding up
maybe we climbed to quickly
I never looked closeup

should have left the feelings out
and...

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Close up is when you see the cracks,
the lines etched, scratched onto canvas.
An oil painting that survived a fire.

Close up is when you see the ash
loosen, drift away in a breeze. Smoke. 
Something once hot...

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The past comes in a dream,
pain I've worked so hard to forget;
holding back sadness and regret.
I see the place where I grew up,
and all the graves closeup;
and my house by a stream.
In my...

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Awarded to privileges and sanctioned
          embellishment favoring enhancement,
Over time, years chip away unnoticeably
          o'er worn breathless moments,
Taunt...

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The past comes in a nightmare dream,
pain I've worked so hard to forget;
to hold back sadness and regret,
I see the place where I grew up.

And all the graves in rows closeup,
my home by a rippling...

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I want to kiss your pretty face
Around the world in every place
Where romance lives and shines so bright
Where every day is only night

Where we could simply ride around
In horse drawn carriage, sit spellbound 
Through central...

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Why weep while thousands of reasons at hand for you to smile,

Why stay in pain when it's just the lesson meant for you in the "Life Kyle",

Why struggle to follow, while you must be having...

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intense intimate direct
                     all over art
arrested moments
of
the
energetic flamboyant
purpose filled
              flings

a surfeit
 ...

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There it is again,
 that feeling so ingrained
  every time you say my name;
as if time has never existed
 and every meeting we had was twisted
  by destiny preordained;
with every first breath taken
...

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