Long Presuppose Poems

Call of the wild

We talkspeak and nothing much is 
said until a bright spore spot spawns
and gets a seed for sale—compliant
of brotherly love passions filler like dirty
socks in a hamper  forgotten   we...

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DON’T GRIEVE THY GRAVE

It’s about strong powers and strong gods
Saying grace in the face of fear
It’s about long hours and long odds
Saving face when we shed a tear

We work in the steel mills
We stand on...

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DON’T GRIEVE THE GRAVE

It’s about strong powers and strong gods
Saying grace in the face of fear
It’s about long hours and long odds
Saving face when we shed a tear

We work in the steel mills
We stand on...

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ON HATRED

Acrimony is like a malignant tumour
Alienation confronts disaffection
Alienation takes the hand ill humour
Acrimony leads to separation.

Disloyalty commands anxiety
Love and animosity oppose
Disloyalty arises if one gaiety
Love does not presuppose.

Antagonism consumes impediment
Antipathy feeds on success 
Antagonism...

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"When miracles confound the mortal mind-
             great acts of God are truly what we find."
        ...

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There once was a man from DeBose
who had a gigantic nose
his nostrils squawked
whenever he walked.
When at rest it sat on his toes

The man got a job at a farm
his task was to sound the alarm
when...

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He's late again, our postman,
God knows where he's been.
Sometimes, very often,
He's nowhere to be seen.
It's ten past three in the afternoon
And soon it will be evening.
Perhaps his van has broken down,
No mail we'll be receiving.
Of...

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Eyed in midnight's milieu
mistakes can be illusion, see
like branches of a tree
lop-sided and set free to play.
Settling sides works this way -
all angles on display to those
who wrongly presuppose.
In morning's light, two foes can find
mercy...

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Our day has come to love beyond the night
To ride our wave against the world of fear
Give me your hand and let me draw you near
My love, come join me on the wingless flight
And destruction...

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That’s because there is no reason why
Time and tide are going as they go
Yesterday the sun shone in the sky
Now today the clouds are hanging low
That’s because a question falls like leaf 
Does not presuppose...

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Along a conduit we are led
Finer than a gossamer thread
Designated nodes meet and greet
Divine magnetism, so well-bred

Bliss mists fill us from head to feet
No wonder then, our heart’s upbeat
This benign burn transforms our soul
Manifest within...

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