Long Indulgently Poems

Vexation at self - regarding avoidable altercation...

Today May 12th, 2021
at Royersford (Pennsylvania) LIDL,
when spouse stepped into checkout line
(minus her horse drawn grocery cart -
pushed courtesy yours truly).

While passively standing stock still
I (think Stonewall Jackson)
let scenario...

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It’s boxing day (the Brit name for the day after Christmas) and Pamela, Lisa’s grandmother is visiting our little pandemic ark. Pamela’s a Cowboys fan so we’re watching them slaughter Washington - between commercials -...

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THE CERTAINTY? 

Every Sunday at 10.35, whatever the season,
The elderly couple from down the road walk by on their way to Matins.
It used to be 10.45 in their prime but, as age creeps on, it...

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Tom foolery, 
Sparking intense anxiety
Led by panting and arguing
And violent door slamming.

A woman leaves.
Tears, gracing her eyes
A man recedes,
 Fearful anger proceeds

An annoyed man 
Sets out all his plans
His tools in place
His anger, as he...

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Spring tantalizingly unfolds vernal, winsome
Blossoms of lilies pristine, undulating to appease
Fawning nectar-dreams adrift on wings of bees
Frolicking tranquility of rustling flowering trees

Refulgent summer, too, unpacks variegated
Revelry on rivers, oceans, flamboyant meadows
As ubiquitously nature paints blooms...

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Within my mind
   I drift,
Images, memory and recollections
   Gods gift.
As a child
   I was the daydreamer.
Act, thought and action
   never once a schemer.
A separate world
  ...

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The cares of the world waft away like
the vague images of a forgotten dream  
when he climbs into bed beside me.  

And my comfort is found in the warmth 
of a slight up-curved...

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I've never lost a friend worth keeping.
Only the ones who share their indulgently fake smiles.
They refused to reveal their true form; or was their depth the identical parallel of their surface all-the-while?
The kinks in my...

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There are so many types
That I have seen – 
Would you call me tired?
But then, it does make me tired....
They think they are safe 
And that no one is watching.
So the quiet ones turn boisterous;
The...

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There was a sudden lull in the day
 when all the children sat still without play.
They gathered round the barbecue
 straining to get hamburger, hot dogs, one or two.

The adults spent the hours oblivious
 as...

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Knick-knacks, bottle caps, pop tabs, and acid
The reflux of my mind of many memories redacted
Connections don't elucidate the fuzzy things that happen
Only emphasize the vacuity of brains fried and flattened

I wouldn't deign to age another...

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THE OTHER CHEEK

When they mocked me for my lack of height,
I let it go over my head.
The best things come in small packages, 
So my mother said.

Then, when they said I was ugly,
And was looking...

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In this honeydew-hued candlelit room, 
our shadows slow-dance
indulgently caressing our cadaverous consciouses 
as they carelessly clatter through each step of sacrilegious self-revelation 

Layer by layer, we gradually underdress each sequenced secret 
marking the map of...

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