Short Facsimiles Poems

crickets cry
a box of facsimiles
in the doorstep...

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Know this romance king named Timothy
Who started writing limericks or facsimiles
We gave him three cheers
But the love stuff 'tween his ears
Prevent him from challenging his great peers


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Pristine elements exist here,
carbon facsimiles are forged,
in Proper Space,
in Proper Time,
expectant and delivered, all packaged,
uncontrollability in a controlled environment.

I offer Universal Apologies.
Oh the atrocities I commit in parallel worlds.
So hold me, and hold me responsible,
responsibly.
I am finite in my infinity,
I am futile in my future....

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Nature has no secrets
no doors to be unlocked

we are our own mystery
hiding keys
and denying entrance

Einstein created nothing

Mozart wrote nothing

when at our best
we are plagiarist
listening and responding

when at our worst
we are plagiarist

birthing physical facsimiles

to our world who survives
by eating its own young – 

Answer: the I in the I
vs the I in the we...

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Facsimiles burst in the jungle
Gestures pulling paint off the wall
I've seen it all
Crouched, hideaway consumer companion choice
Urgency gather fervently
Upsetting the sewage balance

Garden shears hanging sturdy frames
Blue collar bastion glowing brain
A belt buckle preacher enlivened struggle
Suicide ransom beneath the huddle

I'm making waves
And riding them too
Street animal casting feather balloons
Whispering a marching tune...

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