Short Circumnavigate Poems

a pointing finger might circumnavigate to poke you in the eye

10/3/2018...

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I could shed rags for an emperor's robe
I could climb mountains to escape the sea
I could circumnavigate the globe
But there's no escaping
The me of me....

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I circumnavigate a resplendent globe.
A fiery tangle of thorns and strobes.
The masses rise up against my imagination.
Diseased, unwashed and tragic devastation.

A siren calls out in the dark night.
A call to arms a way to fight.
Oppressive whispers in my ear.
I'm never scared but yet I fear....

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Things go without saying
We meant very well
But say without saying
– In circles we tell

We don’t outright mention
Specifically state
Commit to our message
Then leave it to fate

We circumnavigate!
Encrypt our every thought
Slant it for confusion
For fear we will be caught

Speaking truths forbidden
Speaking truths unlocked
Revealing hidden secrets
Lurking in our hearts!...

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A white dress full
of winter cherries;
hair curled with frost.

A carried box
tied with string
and legends.

Maybe a modelled
sister,or a ghost
from a playground.

You turn to
circumnavigate
in all this road

and wonder this is
as gone as a finger of snow
in April.

The sky is hasty
with a flock of clouds,
broody, hanging -

The next day empty,
just a shape without standing,
colder....

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we can't circumnavigate the globe
although we'll surely try
your father has a sailboat
and I the will to die

let's get lost out on the sea 
somewhere off Cape Horn
force our families to gather 
in a solemn state of mourn

inform the attendance keeper
to expect absence this September
even with no accomplishments 
we can pretend you'll all remember 

our clear lack of gratitude 
the anger kept inside
when the country is a city
on the ocean do we hide...

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If all the ifs and buts were laid
end to end round the world, I have
been told by a knowledgeable
scientist, they would circumnavigate
at least once or twice or three times.
Uncertain this statement is but it goes
to show if anyone did know for
certain, would it matter.
Procrastination picks its wasteful
effect through our lives, steals 
moments which would be decisive.
But what causes this uncertainty,
anxiety and being afraid to go for it.
If we only knew....

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Articulate,
Becoming,
Circumnavigate,
Discerning,
Extrapolate,
Finishing,
Graduate,
Hoping,
Inaugurate,
Joking,
Karate,
Loving,
Mitigate,
Needing,
Operate,
Praying,
Quadruplicate,
Reaping,
Summate,
Trying,
Ultimate,
Vetting,
Workmate,
Xeroxing,
Zoning.

If I had to choose one above all others apart from Loving it would be extrapolate because to be able to extrapolate gives one  a chance to see what is likely to happen further down the road if nothing changes....

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