Short Shouldst Poems

Fare well, fair mortal, fare thee well.
Of our sorrow who can tell?
Thou to the land and I to the brine
Thou must go thy way, I must go mine.

But if thou e'er shouldst choose to stand
Upon a stretch of golden sand,
Know from the pulse of every wave,
That all's returned to hearts that gave....

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and if 't be true by mine own feet 
i shouldst findeth myself in a vast 
swaying field of golden wheat
and if 't be true by divine assistance 
i shouldst reacheth toward the brightest 
night star and toucheth t then tom'rrow 
of all m'rrows thee shalt findeth me 
running through the golden wheat with all 
brilliance of a star!

:: 03-06-2017 ::...

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someone shouldst say
where mom’s gone -
nay, say she can’t be gone!
badaiki return
mom return
mother of mothers
come to the homestead & see
the garden has out-growths
unkempt lie the mud-pots
cob-webs encase the clan -
mom whisper some words
lay down baskets of hope
for your children are empty -
you’ve rear’d ugly seed-yams
manifold beads of sorrow
hung on the eyes of our hearts
mother of mothers
we’re faint & bent & fallen
a broken wall we lie flat
where’s consolation?...

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