Long Faustus Poems

"The In-Between"

I ripped the pages of 
that tired old story 
from the heart, a body of work

buried the misdiagnosed slanders
then wiped their mouths
with the back of my spoon

the feed they found,
passed the disingenuous time;
some found...

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this place... Weymouth - a small tranquil village! 
How far is my Stratford from here? 
my Stratford-on-Avon! 
The Shangri-la of a dramatist's imagination!

Assuming, I had a very very long slumber…
the world has completely changed!
This area looks so distant...

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My heart is empty, Jeffrey.
I’m standing here transfixed 
within the threshold 
of a vacant bedroom.
The air is still
but the delicate scent 
of your passing soul 
invades my nostrils. 
The aroma travels deep 
inside the tunnels...

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Lisa, a freshman in our residential hall sister-suite, and I have become fast friends over the last couple of weeks. Before we began hanging out I penned a piece about her that she thought was...

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Faustus was an inquisitive man
Obsessed with a burning desire  
To feel see and understand
The secrets of God’s universe
He was not afraid to make a deal
With the power that can make him feel
Omnipotent standing on...

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“God like, not so different” 

She wrote, 
“where do you go to my lovely?”

my response, 
“I sink into the screen 
like a scream queen goddess,
I am Lilith most of the time
tap dancing away and 
singing...

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Once upon a time, many years ahead,
In a land close by, on an earth nearly dead,
Humans had evolved - using much more of their brains,
They could command ice and fire,
Where good and evil reign.

But this...

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she hung once more upside down from her own cross

nails painted crimson and blood on the ripped loin cloth

which barely covered her conscience gripped by desire

and meaningless slaughter on the spread sheet of acid


sweet sour...

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I stare in to the eyes of darkness
Hypnotized by fear
And it is the depth that gets me
Magnetic pull is in the air
I see a black hole sitting
At the edge of milky way
Like a sneaky predator
Waiting...

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Margarita, fair girl with blue eyes
Come tonight to the hidden spot
When fool moon rises in the sky
To the edge of the watery lot
Where the mysterious willow
Washes her long silky braids 
In warm splashes of water
Reflecting...

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Clouds are silvery
Clouds are a mystery 
Mystery is mesmerizing 
Mystery is like smoke
Smoke is blurry 
Smoke creates paintings
Paintings inspire thoughtful minds
Paintings appeal to dreamy eyes
Eyes like a sparkling dark sky
Eyes that look like a beautiful...

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Make men stretch their arms, to wake in her eyes
Finger on lip, ring not on middle, mouth lovely
With hair like lakes that glint beneath the stars

With the shades of occidental and oriental beauty
Her lips suck...

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After the party,
I’ve found myself on a tropical island 
Just like how Gulliver was taken to the island, Lilliput. 
I haven’t either heard or visited that island.
A fantasy world with
Fathomless valleys, lush green meadows
Transparent water...

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Dad, I had Great Desires
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Dad, I had great desires:
Traveling Nanjing and Sanmachi Suji.
Stonehenge , Historic Yorkshire and Lake District .
Morocco and Istanbul .
African wilderness in winters .
Pacific and Atlantic , in a giant Titanic-like ship...

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Be
quiet
my Pumpkin,
it's not your turn.
"But Daddy, why not?"
Her look filled with desire.
Hair aflame and golden eyes
the roller coaster beckoning.
She shows no fear, she is only five ,
daddy's little girl, so eager to please.
My only desire...

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Come online with me, at leisure,   
And let’s surf on the Internet.
Like Faustus we shall share pleasure,
Of those websites, dot.com, dot.net.

We’ll log in to desired chat room,
To know how cyber shepherds talk,
Chat, messengers...

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Time isn’t static; it’s always dynamic.
The flow of time can’t be reversed.
It can only resolve certain issues.
It soothes pain and heals many wounds.
March with it, or else you’ll trail behind.
Does 'Time' really decide?
A decision in...

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I’ll sell it to you
if I become famous,
if I can sit idly about while 
masterpieces pass from head to page 
in effortless debauchery.

You have the connections now,
bored and burning in some distant 
consequence, wishing you...

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Dear learned men and country folk,
Lend your ears to my talk.
Come to assist, not to perturb thy lives.
To reflect your wish, come in due course.
Never proclaim that I decide rulers
Humbly admit that you are my...

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To know everything to posses everything
It's impossible for me even ‘Possible' lives in the heart of impossible
All possibilities are powerful without conscience

One day sweet Helen made immortal the Dr. Faustus
Though mortality touched him at last;
Cause...

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