The sun is overjoyed
reaching its zenith
suspending in cloudless sapphire skies
in a scarlet lit horizon
its solar sheen is veiled,
beyond the handsome hacienda
hidden from ancient alibis
a time of musings I can’t resist
I paint a likeness of her,
wistful watercolor bursts
highlights by brushed strokes
gently caressing her skin, she wears
an unrestrained ear to ear grin
recherché, warmth rare
as a ruby red stone
a sonorous soprano’s tone
ravened tresses cascade unruly
copious tangled locks flow wild
within stirs the silver stars,
she perceives the wisdom in the callow
& indelible in the wise
youths’ oval ebony, &soulful eyes
a generous yet haunting sad smile,
transcending space &time
it rids me of my harden heart’s denial
on a quest of her own,
a love child grown
…&so has a
a mother’s love
a
bit of
this and a
bit of that and
soon I shall have a
chocolate confection
so rich that I shall dare to
depart on a rare excursion
to the modiste to buy a soigné
yet recherché feathered fascinator.
A spirited moon
'neath furtive glances,
anguished mid despair
looked upon hushed
entangled constellations
and heeded a warning,
for he knew well of lavishing
recherché intricacies,
mattered naught how exquisite,
nothing lasting could come
of liaisons's effusive grandeur,
betwixt clandestine stargazers
une chose de la beauté
ce qui va sans dire
ce qui ne détient pas la propriété
ce qui ne peut être représenté mécaniquement
ce qui ne peut être remodelé technologiquement
ce qui ne peut être tweeté
ce qui ne peut être marchandisés
ce qui ne peut être recherché et trouvé
ce qui ne sera pas affiché sur facebook
ce qui ne peut être répondu à
ce qui ne peut pas attendre pour plus tard
ce qui est personnel
ce qui demeure par la société ne peut rassembler
ce qui ne religion ne peut prétendre
ce qui est en soi une chose de la beauté.
Ants, from Valley of Babylon
The gourds that made up the abdomen
Are crying, crying for the delicious city of wolf
And the tower of Babel by many demolishing grind,
Gnashing and swallowing into lungs,
Wisdom is heartless, never mind,
Possessing soul to soul is life,
Almighty long limbs like thread,
Stretched like recherché,
Macho double pear seeds chest link the faculty
And the mandibles rabble out weakly: Prepared!
Prepared for battles of the minute!
Prepared for war the chosen geniuses!
O! Enormous container enlarge collectibles,
Manufactured with succulent clauses of papyrus
Delayed a bit, so that loads of hallucination,
Will float unhindered, arbitrarily inside
The belly of faculty,
Until the bard go aloft to hibernate.
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