Long Inconclusive Poems

Ace colonoscopy doctor Kellen Karl Kovalovich

revisited January 23rd, 2024
on the evening before yours truly
(the one and only Matthew Scott Harris),
a stand up comic wannabe, who
historically heartily hales 
from Schwenksville, Pennsylvania
undergoes oh joy rapture colonoscopy.

Three days...

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To me, it was a revealing experience…
                That I could be that strong in face of adversity!
       ...

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Recalling moments stored in memories with people I miss
Staring at a star-filled sky sometimes it's nice to reminisce
Seems like it was yesterday if only a short while
Cruising along my own time machine with thoughts that...

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~~ Looked- ~~
~~ down-deep- ~
~~~~ within ~~~~
~~~ cried- ~~~
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  ~~~~~~~~~~ out-for-Jesus-itself, for-the-first -~~~~~~~~~ 
  time no please;- ~~    no ... no more;- ~~ please Jesus, God-  
make-it stop;-...

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~~ Looked- ~~
~~ down-deep- ~
~~~~ within, ~~~~
~~~ cried ~~~
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~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~ out-for-Jesus-itself for-the-first- -~~~~~~~
time no please; ~~    no... no-more; ~~ please Jesus God, 
no make-it-stop;        ...

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Self destructive, even writing on pages without lines feels chaotic and liberating 
even though I know the frustration I will feel as my words slope downwards, down 
words. They angle, pitching against my embedded need...

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"""Incontinent of self without the Lord I either am or am not it would seem always in some way, as 
it always in all ways does seem to govern me, on a collision course with...

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At my will, it began to glow a little with a startling tingle
Daring a series of slashes, I feel to be more at ease as I mingle
And into the rhythm, I forget away my troubles...

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~ What-then could be ... ?
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If our-hate wanted nothing more  ... 
nothing more ... but the best 
~ for-another, itself ... ? ~ 
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Saw the reality, and-
felt-the-evidence, was-
shown the light in view 
of-the-division that-has-
~ risen; taken-root-and-
sprouted-up ...  growing-
~ from-the-cold center; of ~
~ its heart of greed, the selfish, ~ 
~ poisonous desire for everything ~
~ more, moving-toward the hour of its ~
~ isolation, choking-out-all-that-is genuine,
advancing-onward within-this belief, and-yes
~ what-if-it-was-awakened for the first time, to ~
the-fallacies-of-its-own-faithless and complete-
~~~~~~~~~~~~ denial of its, ~~~~~~~~~~~
~ lack-of trust its ~ 
hopeless condition. 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
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Yes what-if through 
perfect kindness, 
it-was provided-
another way ... !
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~ Was-shown- ~
~ the      hard    sting, ~
~ the-    absent-    hand- ~
~ of-its-ugliness, ~
~ prejudice, ~
~ all-the- ~
~ tears-it- ~
~ caused- ~
~ that- ~
~ have-
~ fallen-
~  in-  ~
~ despair. ~
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~~ Looked- ~~
~~ down-deep- ~
~~~~ within, ~~~~
~~~ cried ~~~
~~~~ ~~~~
~~~~
~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~ out-for-Jesus-itself for-the-first-  ~~~~ 
time no please; ~~    no ... no-more;- ~~ please Jesus God,  
no make-it-stop;        carrying-with-it                and knowing-
for certain                if-but-for-but-only-            for-a-moment-
the-painful-            ~~~~ result, ~~~              of-its flight
from-this-              ~~~~~ truth; ~~~~~                from its  
              ...

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The huge sky overseeing the emerald and bluish earth...
wouldn't be the only sky in our incredibly diverse Universe,
if limited sight weren't the obstacle to the awesome images that surprise couldn't conceal;
but many more galaxies hiding...

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Seems my handwriting will never improve,
Yearlong efforts, letters still oblong.
Not quite right, but we pretend it’s not all bad,
I fixate on each line, a prerequisite approach.
So next and then that line and its spacing, proper
striving...

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it's really not bad at all, it seems false advertising is the only way i get any numbers despite the fact that i write the truth so well:       ...

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spinning on high speed mostly out of control
the washing machine failed to conclude any
of its operation according to a wished for manual

given at birth he had not much choice in the matter
due to the lottery...

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The rain didn't fall 
last night so much
as it was thrown.

The wind didn't blow
last night so much
as it was whipped.

And a whip is
a thing which
lacerates, it cuts.

The day after
was the last day
and the next days
will...

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DID YOU SAY RESURRECTION OR ERECTION?

Pardon me Mister Sinister Minister
But you are not so much teaching as you are screeching and reaching
While preaching to the choir about brimstone and fire
As I deem you a damnable...

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My Apologies, Sona
by Gulzar
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

My apologies, Sona,
if traversing my verse's terrain
in these torrential rains
inconvenienced you.

The monsoons are unseasonal here.

My poems' pitfalls are sometimes sodden.
Water often overflows these ditches.
If you stumble and...

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The sun danced on lightened leaves, my muse aligned, in zeal
Greenery of palms with the windy tantrum, touched me , still
The tribal walkway and the rural patsy rushing for more, in pace
The village girl sitting...

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Dressing Things Up

Up things he always seems to be dressing;
Using poor vernacular when expressing,
And Trump to go there is no telling how far
Dancing around in circle seems to spar
With many new lunatics now is nesting.

Inundated With...

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A probe enters the solar system, lays low behind our moon
It’s mission, monitor mankind’s behaviour, we’re impugned 
A decision needs making, if our planet should be dragooned 
By sending a huge asteroid, type that brought...

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“And you may love me like a saint, but you’ll lose faith eventually” – Cut the String, Mother Mother

I’ve got the scissors ready—
Never been one to cut straight,
But let me tell you—I cut just the...

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Ever since Adam and Eve greeted the dawn of Creation,
Humankind has seen the tragic results of miscommunication!
They ate the forbidden fruit because of that crafty snake;
Now we suffer tribulation due to their mistake!

Since the Indians...

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Her name was Isabella
She came from New Orleans
Hair as black a raven's back
Eyes of deepest emerald green

Said she was a sorceress
On this she had been weaned
Had no doubt that she was
Exactly whom she seemed

Took my...

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My best guess is that it was some 20 years ago that
the number 100 represented years I wanted to live.
This was my request to The Lord, adding that I would
like to revisit the matter then...

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There is a squat/stout duffer in a windbreaker and a Mets cap on the outskirts of the park
playing a rickety 5 string and hoot'in and holler'in.

I have no idea what he is singing. 
There is...

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This was once a sea of mud
Where thousands bled! 
Before it reverted to!
A field of Flanders Poppy Red.

Do lines of ghostly squaddies! 
Plough through ethereal mire! 
In an endless quest to! 
Charge the enemy barbed...

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