Long Sourest Poems

Thoughts melt and distil under a green/blue flame,
Swirling down, separated out and mixed.
If you’ve seen it, it’s broken;
If you’ve heard it, it’s shredded;
If you’ve read it, it’s rewritten.
It's really quite unlikely to be fixed.

You’re cutting...

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Sit down, Sit down, Wandering Knight,

Your Queen waits in secret for you in vain.

Make haste, Oh, Wandering Knight,

Your Queen sits lonely in the balcony again.

Break your Oath, Woe betide Knight,

The Queen wishes to heal you...

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I keep begging for the better...
I beg for sleep.
I'm asking for a sense of peace...
I ask for a helping hand.
How many of my days have I used?
How many waiting battles are 
coming my way...
The things...

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It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open
Don't try it, you might blow a gasket
There's a bunch of other stuff you should know
Before they put you in a casket

Greece's anthem has over a hundred verses
The...

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You have not yet learned how to scream
Nor shout or yell or call
You have learned how to bottle
Pouring wines from your fingertips
You are a vineyard of emotions
Anger plucked too early from the vine
Is the sourest...

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Avatar Queen
The mask or the screen,
What’s never to know
What’s never to see

Avatar Queen
Your name to mislead,
One more cryptic posting
That always deceives

Avatar Queen
Both petty and preened,
The bees in your bonnet
No stinger foreseen

Avatar Queen
You know what I...

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Avatar Queen
The mask or the screen
What’s never to know
What’s never to see

Avatar Queen
Your name to mislead
One more cryptic posting
That always deceives

Avatar Queen
Both petty and preened
The bees in your bonnet
Its stinger unclean

Avatar Queen
You know what I...

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