Short Gestating Poems

A moment of truth
a century of lies
The left hand deflects 
what the right hand decries   

A little bit pregnant
the ending begins
A monster gestating 
—and living within

(The New Room: December, 2023)
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AIRY  MESSENGERS 

Serene weightless flight of dandelion 
Seed puff-balls :  thoughts ascending,
Gestating across the invisible void  -
Untroubled, they silently float, glide,
Delivering  a concept
On the air  measureless 
From  somewhere else to here.

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This Will Offend.

The prejudice lurks,
a gestating beast,
hate masquerading as faith,
intolerance as belief,
while,
righteous tongues mouth prayers,
beseeching Him for tax-relief.

I tire of the sermons,
spewed forth each day,
threatening damnation,
promising paradise,
while,
blanketed in the cosy comfort,
of carefully crafted lies,

Do not waste your breath here,
I refuse to succumb to your wiles,
take your God elsewhere,
He is not welcome now,
So,
leave me to my fate,
for I refuse to bow....

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