Long Disclosures Poems

Dear Sue,

I am remembering our strong negative responses
to the young woman who surreptitiously read
her aunt's very private diary,
filled with vulnerable statements
of the most intimate nature
and transparently lusty spirit,

Yet, though secretive,
then took a bold black marker
and...

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What do I project? Some of what I have
Absorbed. Also, that which I have
Reflected upon and have parts of rejected!
I am aware there is a so-called church of
The Devil – I am cognizant of the...

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If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily-LXXXV

(Note : Fresh disclosures from the Catholic Church on the subject
made public by protesting Mothers of infants victims of pedophily
at the hands of the Clergy...

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Attorney Giuliani,
concerned about perjury charges,
declares sometimes Truth is not True

So I suppose 
Fake is not necessarily False
and it's OK for us to believe
whatever feels most convenient,
given our orthodox requirements
to get through each WinTrue/LoseFalse day.

He might...

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I keep trying to rhyme but the rhythm keeps losing the message.
Next I try to count 5-7-5, but the puzzle of syllables denies the center I want to surround.
I can't count myself into my disclosures,
I...

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We ask God’s blessings for food we eat;
those who toil to grow it deserve our prayers too.
In 1985, Farm Aid musicians took their beat,
rocking in donations for those who grew
in debt, not just crops, as...

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My life devoid of exotic adventure
(in fact...yours truly
never set foot outside the United States,
nor took to the skies, yes...how bore)
ring, the solitary endeavors,

not an onerous unbearable chore,
although (as mentioned in a previous poem)
this fellow rarely...

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"The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed. The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charm were broken if revealed."         ...

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Gone
        lit-up-light-of-
nothing peculiar
we-you-and this
sewing tight the nebulous.

Salted tongues of silence,
pillow-sex for the nearly departed.
Adjust body-images,
             ...

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HARD TO TAKE

He was sure that for most 	
of his life he’d been a dangerous
prescription, wrapped in caveats
and warnings such as:
don’t mix, ask your doctor, must
be twelve years or older, take
with whole milk or food...

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Secret eyes
hide behind a smile
the jokers grin
masking a deliberate betrayal

Misdirection and diversion
the covert sneak offender
working in the hush-hush
thinking the fooled
will never know any better

Trust the stiletto
when the lips are sealed
and silencing 
is the fault of...

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They told me the Gospel spoke about Him. 
I've searched Dan to Beersheba 
but could not find the women he festered.
They asked why I can't see what they see,
I told them my head is too...

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Garbage night

Bins line the road as I walk down the street
pristine and clean, rinsed in summers rain
but what filth and smells are lurking inside
the hidden interiors what disclosures
just waiting to be revealed
lidded and kept from...

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Swallow the oceans in one breath
Consume the clouds and sky of contents
Exhale the birds and fish into the distillation
Remember, they are bad for the digestion
Pray for them since birds don't think and fish only drink
Cast...

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 I gather it the sparks that become the flames;
Arise above those calling me names;
 I seek no disclosures, no fortune, no fame;
Money Burns. It's on fire. It's a flame;
 I'm God's son, and I'm...

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SECRETS AND
COVER-UPS,

DISCLOSURES OF
DENIAL,

ALL LEAD TO ONE PATH
OF DARKNESS.

UPON THIS PATH, LIES
AND BETRAYAL,

BLIND US FROM THE
LIGHT --

OF TRUTH AND
JUSTICE.

INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS
SNOWDEN AND VENTURA

KEEP US VIGILANT TO
THE EVER PRESENT

ABUSE OF POWER.

HUMAN BEINGS ARE
DESIGNED FOR A
BETTER DESTINY --

OF...

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a decision;
To recommit, to be giving;
My entire devotion;
 I'm approaching;
I'm a ride walk on the ocean;
I'm going to rededicate myself to my God;
And from all my disclosures;
 I am truly blessed Beyond measures;
 I am...

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Warmed fingers on cold shoulders
A slow wrap of arms behind
Soft exhalations
Tailed by disclosures unrehearsed

Being drawn into a haunting tale
The scent of peppermint on the breath
An idea acknowledged, commended, valued
Tears of joy having yet to fall

The...

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POEMS THAT MAKE NO SENSE—2

their flesh bears no scars
only coldness forgotten
and bizarre
never pealing layers
of bleeding hearts
no strings attached
just beings from 
odd spaceplaces
dead and dying to
be done with it
all in all their souls
are very still like
blotting...

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He stood there
Grey hair dirty, long
Unwanted
His grubby shirt faded
Old
Eyes sad, torn
No one
No home
Dirty bag holds food
Pushed aside
Misplaced

Stared at
Stared from
His frame of 
Shocking disclosures
Un-habituated
Sits down
Pauses, pausing
Moving aside

Pulling away
From life
Pulled away from
Us, them
Wrinkled noses
Snickering
Compassion
Compassionless

What happened
What happened to...

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