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The Clouds Torn Down

...
"The clouds parted like the pursed lips of desire"
With God's presence in dusk and dawn — 
Do whispered moans damn this mortal bower?  

For in each stroke, dark is nigher
Though God's forgivi...

Many British thermal units later

...Many British thermal units* later

Vice linkedin to carnal flesh this writer, 
(a married heterosexual doofus, – 
whose alter egos 
named and highlighted courtesy 
Gallant and Goofus) attones
...

Shape Shifting Soul

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here I am in human form
but it was not always quite so
earth has been the only I've been to
through past life regressions I definitely  know

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Sometimes flashes of my ch...

I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks

...I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,

(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made...

Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks

...Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks...
studious sexagenarian skinny scruffy scribe

My utmost humblest apology
for inducing the following
cerebral calisthenics upon your cranium,
but ...

Toll Tell Tale

...“toll tell tale”


you’re 
the dead
ringer

i the shiftless
nightshift
dweller

listlessly
listening
for thee...

I Shall Not Want

...We were both seniors, but he was
some 21 years my senior. Ken was
A most dear friend who passed
away a couple of years ago. I
was spilling my heart out to
him one day as we drove
along in the v...

gone fishing

...
shiftless louies constant wish

for a new satellite dish

made his wife stammer

in her best grammar

come home once you caught a fish.
...

Loud

...Thunderous, roaring, booming, deafening
A hit so good got 'em begging

Begging for more, just pulling 'em in with magnetism
Hitting so LOUD causing astigmatism

Now, vision for the future is di...

The Night Before

...The Night Before 
  
Friends, I thought I would re-post this for the holiday season for a little chuckle!

T 'was the night before Christmas and all through the house
You can hear the wife calli...

Vagabond Dreams

...When I was young I had dreams,                                                                                        dreams to go here and there.                                                     ...

Zeitgeist

...Social media on fleek 
Prolific likes and praise we seek

Knowledge of 'SELF' is as distant as a stranger in the night
A nomad in a dark, desolate land so void of divine light

Social distancin...

Ode To a Mammogram

...Ode To A Mammogram

Checking the calendar for appointments to be made
I come across a giant circle that I placed there yearly
take another day off work and dress for the parade

I’ve lost a lis...

The Night Before

...Friends, I thought I would re-post this for the holiday season 

T 'was the night before Christmas and all through the house
You can hear the wife calling me a louse
The stocking are hung on the ...

Curiosity's Footprints

...Walking in curiosity's footprints,
I wander through life like a beachcomber.
Placing wit above life's trinkets and chintz,
I seek thinkers and poets like Homer.
Many peg me as a shiftless...

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