Long Trompe l Poems

Orchestrated they succumb onto her board scene ~ As success thrills the ordained Queen of mean—poet

Once upon a time,  there was a Queen with a magic flute in her throat
Beknownst to all the villagers...

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Trompe L'oeil
I use to be so sure of my colors
But now my vision is jaded
Perhaps it is obscured
from the THOUSANDS of tears I've shed

I taught you
the primary colors, RED, YELLOW, and BLUE
The shades of red...

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The glazier putting the cup in its place a disdained glass                        ...

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NO BUSINESS LIKE SWAMP BUSINESS

There’s no business like Swamp faux business
There’s none do such a show
Everything about it is illusion
Everything about it is a lie
Where else could you get such righteous feeling
Than when you’re kneeling;...

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We’re rightfully concerned
It seems to be a dark dubious world
We’re bringing you into
Threatening and not so promising
How long can we shelter you from it all
You’re tiny not even able to crawl
A babe not yet in...

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Walking down the quaint city street entering the sweetshop,
Oh yes!  Hershey’s Almond Milk Chocolate tasty flavor
Sweetheart chooses sweet licorice and hot fudge brownie delight,
Sweetie pie and I flavor sweetmeat crystallized fruit.

Sweet tooth such a...

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Scar tissue, birthmarks, happy times, and grief 
Corrugate man’s brain, a coral motif
Emotions, synapses, signals unknown 
Grotesque in nature, splits open when stoned

Still pictures emerge, filling us with dread
Trompe loeil jumps out, turning confused heads
A...

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INSIGHTS
recalled
 words
  hollowing
out a memory
 in a   trompe l’œil
of
a
disparate
 miscellany
held
aloft&
framed
in view

a living
collage
ongoing
carefree
 &
literally
 done,

looking out
from
a study in
irreverence
 re-imagined
&
half-present
self-involved
serious
purposed

in

a
visual game
so smooth

a
grand thesis
of
intrigue
  or statement
of
 continuous
imagination

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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Cleopatra,

I investigate your eyes
through Nile mist that weaves,
jade butterflies that never fly
sable tresses hanging over leopards
bole skin on the border of Venusian dreamcatchers

Gilded diadems dance as burned suns
radiate from golden flakes of your crown
lightning demarcating...

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Ooh la la, the rose, coronate her beauty.
Her ruffled scent, her hues, dare not refuse.
When petals red, like strawberry-fruity,
and lovey-dovey white, one must persue.
Persistent veil of mist will kiss one’s soul,
will kill one’s love for...

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Our excitement to have you in our life
That you deserve a regal retreat inside our house
This once dark room spruced up with chic bedroom

With soaring peaked ceiling overlooking your bedroom
The wall with trompe l’oeil effect...

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What great perspective flying gives;
The mundane is surreal;
Wide angled eyes so clearly see
Our Earth's greatest appeal.

The land's a patchwork quilt of farms,
And lakes look just like puddles;
The rivers wind like slithering snakes,
And clouds are soft...

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