Long Overexposure Poems

It is in our fragile, nearly broken, exposure
that we are most available for love
and remedial gratitude,
rather than the louder applause
of our full-blown ballistic glory.

While exercising restrained patience breeds tolerance,
giving pregnant reign to co-empathy compels timeless...

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How do we consume,
whether on-line or off-line,
in a doing justice way
to lives we digest
and excrete?

How do we produce
in justice doing ways
for lives invested with cooperative intent
design and long-term planning
by our ancestral Elders?
Themselves descended
from sacred creations
written...

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It was in a socially and economically difficult situation that the musical cultures of Jews, Moors and mainly Gypsies began to merge into what would become the basic form of flamenco. The Flemish songs reflect...

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Cats from Earth eat fish on sunny beaches
(Umbrellas optional, not included)
Unlike sharks they use tiny teeth to chew
And get motion sickness when traveling too    

Seas hold goodies for feline nutritional needs
(Canned dolphins...

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His given name was Douglas Watson.He was known
to all who knew him at all as Poobie. He was our neighbor in Barton Alabama. His  claim to fame was at the age of nine he...

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somethin' ain't right
somethin' ain't cool
my head's poundin' hot
need ta see somebody who'll

be able to give me a diagnoses,
to tell me my likely prognosis
'cause I jus' don't know what to do, 
I think I got the...

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Fear feasts on our insides
And wrecks decision-making
Evil jumps in with glee
And another one loses trust

And another one down
And another one down
And another one loses trust

Evil grins
At what might have been
As another one loses trust

Housing fails
Markets,...

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Some dark-skinned people seek to lighten their skin colour
By applying skin creams to make themselves fairer
Most of these creams have some chemical matter
That can cause serious health problems later
Their use is common in countries like...

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Tail swingin’ from branch to branch
Leaves rustling rush
Trapeze artistry 
Burlesque style
Noonday sun
Way more than fun.

Evolution eschewed fur
so the people could make clothes
‘cause they like to be busy
and pretty
and are easily bored.
Or perhaps God didn’t want...

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Setting limits --
a wonderful idea
  for small children

Limit their exposure to languages
  One language is confusing enough

Limit their exposure to computers
  They'll turn into anti-social introverts

Limit their exposure to the natural world
...

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destiny is a funny thing
it can pass you buy without even winking
you can laugh it off with smooth composure
the photo shows as overexposure

sanity rests on a rocky mountainside
no rain for days, it's arid and dry
there...

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For every minute that she had count

The days dimmed beyond the trees

She spoke of bloomings and lily seeds

For the deer beyond was not on mount

The day forward was paramount

Above the clouds appeared gusty

The day beyond...

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ABLAZE, INCREDIBLE MUSE
RADIANT AND OVERPOWERING
YOUR GLEAMING YELLOW 
INVIGORATES ME
AS YOUR RAYS EMBRACE MY SOLITUDE
GOLDEN BOY
THE SUPREME STAR
YOUR BRIGHTNESS OVERWHELMS
RISKING OVEREXPOSURE
FROM YOUR HANDS OF GLOWING FIRE
YOU ARE THE SUN
AND I AM THE MOON
DARK AND FORBIDDEN
SLEEPY-EYED ENCHANTRESS
HIDDEN...

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clam shuddered at closure sick to the gills

vices enclosed bolted up foreclosure

jaw pieces shielded slush introvert spill

mother pearl imposter relieved of cynosure 

speechless from needless overexposure 


resting on coral the facts were unkind

but untold truth...

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