Short Vexations Poems

steps of
           sound
quiet 
            intervals

pause:

     one finger
sans
        chords:
ongoing
         sadness
in
      melancholia

Inspired by YouTube clip of Satie's Vexations...

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Listen to poem:

If only swallowing a knife could cut the words from my minds eye
So complex open wounds would slowly bleed until its veins run dry
Carving a way for my vexations, though my heart will never be free
To release the tournament of deeply hemorrhaging wounds in me...

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There are many things to which I'm averse

   I know the Commandment says not to curse

      So to stifle my tongue

         From bad words bein' flung

            I'll fix vexations flingin' rocks at a hearse!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved...

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With its ups and downs and turning around
Life's a journey ,twenty-four seven;
From newborn to novice,even in high office
Life's a journey ,twenty-four seven;
Trials and temptations,ventures and vexations
Life's a journey ,twenty-four seven;
Learning or yearning,twisting or turning
Life's a journey ,twenty-four seven;
Betrothed to beloved,companion to consort
Life's a journey ,twenty-four seven....

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