Long Letdown Poems

"Cocoon"

They say...
a New World 
traces over the old,
leaving the unaware,
erased, far behind 

the old unaware, 
left far behind,
crawls the walls
in its web of lies
spinning suspect 
strings of silk 
in the air

glistening diamond nets
slick and sticky...

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Consuming happiness to the point of no return, no return
I let the fires in my bosom burn on and on and on
Resuming on with my gladness, smiling — now, it’s your turn
To shine on like...

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We all have our hopes, and I certainly did have mine,
I was longing for the love, of someone I thought divine.

Whenever he walked by, it seemed for me time stood still,
And I grew as speechless,...

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"The Great Forgotten Language" 

In the forest
Love shows
the way
spreading seeds

strange creatures
come forth
into the clearing 
of a known self

some run away
spooked as if 
the bare reflection 
shows their undressed soul

confronting, 
are the peculiar
ghosts risen, speaking 
like...

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I was a hopeful actress, but so far had only been offered bit parts,
And I fought to pay the bills, as a starlit owl, working after dark.
        ...

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It was a foregone conclusion before finishing high school and leaving home.                       ...

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It’s not so much her rubenesque shape or her 
amazonian height of six feet/eight nor even 
her firm bare breasts – modest for a sex goddess – 

and therefore of no glued focus in most...

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She thought I loved her for the texture of her hair 
Yes, but I also loved her for her flair 
We thought that our love will always float in the air 
We were sure, and...

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Upon reflecting with misty eyes
childhood days of yore
the mantle of anticipatory
excitement mantle I wore
upon advent of December
twenty fifth not quite threescore

years ago knew nothing
about being dirt poor
yours truly doggedly felt sense
of belonging among k9 korp
versus...

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My life is playing out on the movie screen 
And I'm watching from the front row
Trying not to scream 
Holding back tears 
and trying not to hydraulic press my grinding teeth 
into my plato gums...

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I sit in my room - waiting for you,
Waiting for these - hopes to come true,
I hold your gift - in my hand,
Praying for the trip - we had planned,
Will you come - to my...

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It's funny how we associate things.  They become one with each other.  Who can imagine an Easter without the bunny, or losing a tooth and not being paid a visit by the tooth...

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When night awakens to shatter dreams,
When pain penetrates my entire being,
And haunting fear angrily screams;
I may pause, but I'll never break down
With prayer in my heart I'll carry on
And no matter how potent is the...

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The first flickers of Alaska were lectured -
a mossy ground that upon footfall
created a commotion,
a locomotion of mosquitos -
not average but bat-like.
What young person wouldn’t squirm
at the frozen imagery?

The missionary went on to say,
Alaska is...

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Echoes from the past
Still my thoughts, color me
In hues of melancholy, 
Abiding, gentling, forgetting
There are moments
When hope was lost in the ancient
	Feelings, bleeding
Through the silence, preventing
The quiet to rest on the prayers
Pleading for the light...

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Actions please us deeper than just words-
though teasers talk up promises so made
with words that sound like songs of pretty birds;
the music's sweet, but sours when pledges fade.

Words flow smoothly, soothing heart and mind
with hopeful...

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Alone as a thin shadow in the universe,
I am alive without hearing any heartbeat;
this was the same spot we happily lay down 
in a huge meadow of daises and whispered sweet words,
no, they weren't for...

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chorus

Well, the one I wanna see
Don't wanna see me
I've been here before...
I've been here before...

I guess I ask
For a little too much
I've been here before...
I've been here before...

Happiness, you're a stranger
You ain't no friend of...

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Blackwater tide
     no longer functional
     blemishes of toxins
     Frankenfish contamination
     environmental risk, insomnia spurs.

In and out thoughts
Mind-worry cycle of...

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I woke up laughing 
It all got better from there
Something way down deep in me
Was asking to be declared 

So now I prepare 
If I don’t, somebody else 
Will make it to the punchline 
Of...

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To Understand
          by Odin Roark

How unrelenting the quest
To seek the waterhole
Beyond the mirage
Where the persistent ethereal holds court
Determining survival
Either to perish
Or suspend the next step
Perhaps to...

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Broken heart cracked , as i took my last breath , no one beside me alone again . 

i sank knives surrounded me? spun out , no way out , of the desired heartt that...

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Broken heart cracked , as i took my last breath , no one beside me alone again . 

i sank knives surrounded me? spun out , no way out , of the desired heartt that...

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You had the chance 
To regroup and revisit your healing
But you hastily dismissed 
Sorting out those messy feelings 

I had hoped you'd take the letdown 
As a lesson in personal growth 
Take some time for...

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Memory of you
Coming to my mind
After some time
In my own world
Forgetting about you

Appreciating everything with you
Right time 
Right place

You were something
Almost special
The sweetest one I ever have

Butterfly crush
Making me sweet 16
Finally free to love
With you

The...

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