Long Convalescent Poems

Lyrical On 44th Street
 

The argument started at the table
 
He was too soft,
 too timid to quote Gable
 
She said ,"Your dreams aren't keeping the lights on.
 
If I see you writing again, your...

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SURSUM CORDA 

(for Ruth and Clement Mc Cormack, 
Bridgton, Maine)

“Come see us, we’ll talk about the job."

you were convalescent, generous, 
and anxious to get your hands moving
into the garden among the buds and birdsong 
ready...

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The truculent night opened its ears and eyes
to acknowledge the fervor of the melee raging in her brain

She woke up with ringing in her ears
was it tinnitus or a heart attack?

She didn’t know, 
but it...

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Matthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman

Since adopting the guise
of Norwegian bachelor farmer,
I may as well fabricate genetic stock
lock, and barrel linkedin to Celtic legend.

Sentimentalism invariably swelled me bosom
regarding how grown former bonny lad,
essentially mutely...

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the Medicare, an undeserved fund the patients spend,
which seems extremely excrescent,
must be crushed immediately without any mend. 
No coverage serves them right! Be they gravely ill or convalescent.
In his favor, all the rules the Capitol...

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The old codger hobbling upon his cane                            ...

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Matthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman

Saint Patrick's Day, or
Feast of Saint Patrick
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
invoke even non Irish to proclaim
Éirinn go Brách
translated as "Ireland Forever."

Though semitic thru and thru
yours truly (me) dons guise of being...

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Matthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman

Saint Patrick's Day, or
Feast of Saint Patrick
Lá Fhéile Pádraig
invoke even non Irish to proclaim
Éirinn go Brách
translated as "Ireland Forever."

Juiced tin he nuff tame afore
thee 2021 Saint Patrick's Day,
(hens this...

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As worshippers in Australia lift holy hands to Heaven
I recall promises to pray for the ill, the aged, the convalescent

Praise-worthy voices dance exquisitely, inside a church called Hillsong
You and I must intercede for friends, foes,for...

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Matthew O' Harris Ease A "FAKE" Irishman

Juiced tin he nuff tame afore
thee Saint Patrick's Day,
(hens this faux written accent
donned to sail hub berate won big todo
fur those peep pull o' Eire rush deuce cent)

aye pretend,...

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after the sky drops. 
The walking corpses come out 
the veil of night masks 
the decay 
the rot 
of humanity 
Plague of the earth. 

Found from the ashes 
My phoenix we bled 

Has she ever...

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The stars quickly dim,
taking their place behind stretching clouds,
as the allure of night fades
and the lamp of the world switches on.
Morning's scent steals grace from sleeps convalescent ether, 
rousing hearts and minds from delusional dreams,
to...

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Life has gifted me with tragedy,
broken images, forever haunting,
excruciating my suffering; blood
upon the pulse of my serenity.
Crystal lines are etched over this glaciered heart, 
and my tears wash blotches of thoughts 
that leaves me blank...

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Hook:
Want that Oscar Myer wiener.
Not a pretender, a winner.
Far from a beginner.
Pure beef, put that ass to sleep.
They say the way to a man
Is his stomach
and he loves to eat.
Daddy loves to eat.

I wanna bring...

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Remember all that time we spent on the back deck
At your parents house.
So very comfortable in that serene kind a way.
On that beautiful day
Late one may
Ill never forget
that sense of togetherness I felt.
My heart melted.
I...

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If it pleases you to hurt
Then, you hurt others too
Your loved ones, your family
And even your neighbors too
Don't be fooled
Hurting yourself is like a magnetic shock wave
You're only hurting yourself?
Not entirely, but you hurt people...

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Not  a recent occurrence yet i'm recently forcing myself to it
“Keep moving forward” I say pushing myself through  it
Pondering at the thought that one day my troubles will all disappear
For my longing for...

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The catheters drip does not make a sound at all.
While the heart monitor beeps are most incessant, 
I lay quiet and listen to whisperers down the hall.

Though I desire to lay here and be convalescent,
do...

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I heard a haunting ghostly voice
as I lay in my ill sweat soaked convalescent bed say
come walk with me into the corn and into the light

it's now your time to walk with me do not...

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And darkest whispers
He hardly see his soul

And The darkest hour
She hardly feels her own

Dark whispers and darkness hour
Day and light produces elongated flowers

Where is the heart and is it beating
Father convalescent my thoughts
Father removed soften...

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It was bound to happen some day
    Life somehow always turns out this way
  If you haven't already heard the bitter news
    Minnie 'n Mickey have checked into...

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O' Tatted heart 
often beating and sluggish starts 
and muscle tis faults
 clogged with hatred scarred with despair 
there's no love there 
blood that's clear 
then turns to black hand held muscle filled 
with much...

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waterfall shower lady,
consume me with your
abstract charm

the fused melodies within 
your rhythmic movements
invigorate me 

cleanse me with the most
active ingredients of your
convalescent reassurance

i need every bit of your no
matter the level or extent
of my manly...

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Wondrous…

Efficacy enhanced; potency proliferated;  
Encyclopedia at fingertips concentrated;
Communication convalescent; multi-merchandised,
The universe, like a toy at infant’s hands, mesmerized...

Yet…

Psychic eccentricities; emotional erosion;
Disorientation; bedim in vision and mission;
Homes divided; globe compartmentalized, isolated,
Rhythm of cosmos, like music...

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