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Exit music for a bad movie

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"Exit music for a bad movie"

that shining kingdom
waits and watches 
numbed now to nightmares
its falling cuckold leaders 
deliver fools gold 
hungry homeless open p...

Inside myself

...I.
I got lost inside myself one night,
Like stars fall through a dome.
The body stayed, but not the light
The soul had left for home.

II.
I walked a library of breath,
Books unwritten, spine...

In Stars Above

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                                              In Stars Abo...

I Was Drunk

...Whispers
Long and lost
Loud and low
“S e i z e  t h e  d a y”
Touched my ears,
Poured into my soul,
Vanished my inner ghoul,
The night nostalgic, new,
Nectarous and nefarious,
Feathered my h...

In the Autumn of Life

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the wind has died down—
the ground  s t r e w n 
with nature’s debris—
     autumn’s palette
a feast for the eye … a shelved chore
before the
       inevitable miasma of dusty decay 

teas...

Memorial Day 2024

...It comes in flash, as face or sound
In fleeing memory of yore
Young bucks in green when mission-bound
The whumps of distant bombing roar

The scenes in large and small details
All etched in mem...

Considering my What Ifs

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I was going to become a teacher
I thought it was my calling

I was young and thought it best
to go to university straight out of high school
before I'd go to teachers' college

Well... thing...

Motherly Love and Frowns

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                         Motherly Love and Frowns


Treading down the memory lane streams to my mind 
memories from far yet near, some sweet, some sour,
memories preciously shelved in the prec...

No Way Out

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No Way Out
A genie in the bottle to grant my wishes—
I’m drifting, 
looking for the red exit sign.

My desire for freedom waning 
     like the moon reflected in hues of blue 
          on ...

Hosh kharamaima

...#hosh_kharamaima 
Have you seen my wife?
I mean these floral petals, 
wrapped in her aura.
Like sun-kissed morning breeze,
Soothing ones mind, to it's gist.

On my wrist, time flies like snow ...

Things My Child Said

...It is quite common to kiss 'ouchys' on those wee.
At three, my son asked to have bath autonomy.
I tossed a washcloth, then stood where he could not see.
Soon, he called out with words that complet...

Planes

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"Planes" 

Sea planes cross my vision 
the bridge gleams 
in all its shining golden splendour

laughing at me 
cajoling the dream
like I'm on an abstract mission

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The cruelties of arla

...Keeping some cows away from sunlight.' Giving highly
Un-organic products to the animals as foodstuffs which
They had no means of refusing' causing the premature
Deaths of cows involved in said exp...

Of Patagonia

...When you ask about my trip, what will I say?
That the river waters are milky azure, surging from melting glaciers
Glaciers pressing through granite masses
So huge they might be clouds held tightly...

My Old Holden Astra

...24 seven, 
Eight, 
Nine, 
Ten to the second. 
Heaven ate my pancreas, 
Please pretend eleven likes me. 
Twelve times its elapsed,
Survival wasn’t even likely. 
Shelved minds, 
And a brain co...

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