Long Dueled Poems

Myths of deductive distinctions,
like white could not come from black,
are disinformed 
when severed from contrasting inductive integrity,
greyscale dualdark co-passions 
within light's future shadows 
of golden opportunity.

RightWing patriarchs oppositionally forget
we are LeftWing matriarchal-appositional reborn
within cooperative health...

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Out in the middle of the boundless sea,
As far away from land as ever it could be.
An island stands alone with water all around,
And the very whitest beaches that ever could be found.
At the center...

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Deep in the dungeon in the back left corner 
Was a mere shell of what was once a man.
He was shackled to the wall of his own design
By the love of his lady so fair,...

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Together we dueled and alone you wept,
Deep-down I eked out
Which made me to read your mind.
I asked for your hands
And averred you to have it coming,
Oath taken, but you fell behind –
I couldn’t cope
What was...

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She remembers that day as if it was yesterday…the first time her fear and courage dueled.
She was standing at the bottom of the ladder of the high dive at the pool.

From where she stood that...

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At last you've been laid to rest, twenty~twenty
A plague on mankind with tragedies aplenty
Since February, you've given up total control
abandoning us as a wicked germ took its toll
You'll be remembered as the horrendous year
that filled...

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It was quiet in the house
 nothing stirred but the child mouse,
stepping lightly across the floor
 she slipped to her knees at the stair door. 
Bending low and sliding down
 she caught a nail and...

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Gods in time have come and gone
To salvage life for the forlorn
And Christians came from Jewish lore
A prophet from the Middle East
To spread the word and aid the poor

Then demons arose to fill the seed
The...

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Just 'fore words formed inside my head 
as my mother put me to bed
her sweet voice would rhyme to lull me
tales of children wild and misled.

Who ran and played and sang and danced
deep in teepees...

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LIKE THE SONG

All of them are unforgettable
Each in her own way
Now I face the regrettable
And what remorselessness has to say

Their names are etched upon my heart
As their faces fade to misty darkness wrought
Fate and the...

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Sitting here exhausted. Exhausted and drained. 
Exhausted and drained and beat.
I battled and dueled with insomnia all night,
And now I can touch defeat.

I parried with anxiety. I danced with turmoil. 
My mind was up for...

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She sits in her room in a dark corner,
Just a hint of Sun through the shade!
Not a sound in sight, for they all fade.
Her dreams rile a self-centered scorner.

With so little light it can’t get...

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Where are the days
Where a man's word was his honor
A reflection of his character...

Where are the days when
"You have my word for it" meant something?
Where are the days when promises were meant to be kept?
Where?
Where...

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