Short Alertness Poems

a fly fell down dead
some ants stage an autopsy~
‘cadaver’ in shreds ...

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Transit in your resting 
Amorphously in peace, and poise 
Mindfulness and rapture 
Make yourself serene
In the thought free alertness 
Of reasonability and quietness...

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Disco burnout,
fever rampant erosion

Empty glances,
mirrored hollow drums

Bleeding, starving,
passive alertness

Madeup, putdown
—treadmill run

(Woodlands Hotel: Wilkes Barre- January, 1980)...

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"Many passengers will aboard your bus, but only the truthful will stay".

Wolves disguised as humble sheeps
Try to devorate the innocent prey
Starting the merciless hunting 
Winning with alertness the quarry...

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Buddah proxy truths
   malcontent self-service
  mind blind consciousness
 contemplative silent slopes
     meditative immersion







(sati-mindfulness, self-collected essays
powers of retention. Used alone
covers alertness.)...

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Clove of garlic for the heart
Green tea for diabetes
Carrots for the eyes
Milk for healthy teeth and bones
Coffee for alertness
Prune juice for regularity
Spaghetti for energy
Oatmeal for fullness
Green beans for vitamin 12
Red meat for anemia
Apple fritter for my sweet tooth...

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Hijack


Strategy employed in a hijack
You cannot tell or crack
Each time, new clever tricks
That are a plus to statistics!
Criminals, they say, are ahead
Is it not alertness that is dead?

Mistrust even your shadow
And avert this baleful blow!!


JM

03rd February 2014...

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And then for years
It was all he could do
To drink and read Machado.

While poems got drunk
Before breakfast,
And she lay unkissed,
Dom Antonio gave blood
From both of his wrists,

Then closed his bag,
Bowed with care,
And left him injected
With a certain alertness
Which for the time being
Kept him aware....

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Within the fortress
Of her own volition
His likeness is everywhere

Maybe it's a ghost
But it's a powerful one
She can't
Perceive it

Hands-on the chest
She can now hear
Stillness

However, this is mere
A brief respite
That's where it ends
In a state of alertness
Of the subconscious

As
She is gasping for air
His doppelganger
Oxidizes

Written: Sunday April 3rd, 2022...

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Resolutions should give voice to hope
when reason gets beyond all the trope.
Reckoning ahead to energize
I resolve to get more exercise:

       physical fitness
       mental alertness
       spiritual, more praying
       social, more playing
       emotional, less stress

Looking inward to 2-0-2-2.
a more intentional me for You
Resolutions help us get onboard
to glorify our Almighty Lord.

December 27, 2021...

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Go on,
I dare you!
Press me just one more time.
The alarm rings out,
Disturbing my slumber.
Dreams of sunshine,
beauty,
Sex, darkness.

The cold reality cuts like a knife.
Startled into sudden alertness.
Yet, in this harsh awakening,
A little ray of hope.

A tiny flicker that all will be ok.
That the new day which has dawned 
is not so urgent.
Go on! I dare you. 
Press the snooze button 
just one more time!...

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I Am Not Hidden, Nor Alone

I walked into a mist of dew 
Spears of blossoms jutting
Through the cloud carpet,
Colorless in pre-dawn eerie hours,
Soundless save the murmur of unseen life.

My shoes shuddered a tone of alertness,
Conscious was I of eyes upon my shadow-like shape,
As I, too, awake, aware,
Entered into their watchful world
Where even here, there abides electric air.

I am not hidden, nor alone.   
...

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waking up in the dead of night
we notice our form is bliss energised
signalling the master has been at work
even when our conscious mind was asleep
so assigning no meaning to play of magnetism 
we rest quietly in a continuum of attentive alertness 
neither seeking nor negating any offering of grace
since to do either would amount to interfering
therefore mindfully maintaining the balance
we remain thus poised in vibrant stillness 
bilocating between form and space...

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The sun disappears at the sea horizon
Curiosity 
Leads to the fact that
The earth is round
Curiosity follows by evidence and proof
A theory is derived
In country or office politic
Suspicion leads to alertness and caution
A prevention of traps and conspiracy
Country politic dominates governance and influence
Office politic dominates status and power
What's behind the curtain
Only God knows
But we should try to know a little bit
To decide a vote
A little suspicion will do...

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JUNGLE  KING

Roar the Jungle goes.
Reign of terror approaching.
Standing sticks whispers,
Sadness to all four-legs.

Sharp and swift the claws that tears.
Short and shallow, target at sight.
Hunters in genius dread thy path and thy appearance dim art.
Horror in garment covers souls

In slumber thy figure delivers terror.
In alertness terror multiplies.
In the hall of creature keeper thy gem remains rare.
In thy heart the nature of the Creator speaks.

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My good mornings get better upon that first cup of morning brew
makes my sense of smell tingle in anticipation
as my appetite is whetted
for further stimulation
from the
bitter smacking bean

good mornings are  tolerable
with a cup of steaming Java
be it a latte, mocha Java, Americano or what have u
and I give homage to 
this seemingly innocuous bean
which contains a powerhouse of alertness and verve

Good morning  good morning indeed
it's going to be a good one
my spirit freed...

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The day is bleak. Mind has opened from the darkness of sleep. Alertness wrestles transition from lathargy. 
   The mind screen slowly begins to focus on current events... clearer, then clearer. The volume raises to understanding. Gentle, chilled breeze flows over body - sensations of calming strokes. 
   Mind opens to form thoughts of grandeur. Lively coffee brews. Aroma tickles action of survival. Spirit touches Soul, connecting to Universal Power.

                                 Louis Drago...

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