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Sideways

You practice and you train,
you wrack your damn brain,
you push through the pain,
it still goes
sideways.

You’re up before dawn,
give it guts and brawn,
till the last ounce is gone,
it still goes
sideways.

You have all the tools,
and follow regs and rules,
like all the other fools,
it still goes
sideways.

You do it all right,
keep it in the fight,
hustling day and night,
it still

sideways lizard

sun radiates heat
onto a sideways lizard
on a cinder block

When things go sideways

I took an unexpected trip to Accidental city,
bruised ribs, torn ligaments, a state most
would pity..
Yesterday I experienced a trip and a fall on
uneven asphalt outside a local mall..
There weren't any witnesses to observe
my little feat.
I focused on getting back up and safely
from the street.
My left hip's been iffy for quite awhile so
I pulled myself up

Sideways Glances

Oh soooo pretty
So wonderful to watch
My heartrate kept increasing
You kicked it up a notch
Stealing little glances
When you turned your back
Beauty in abundance 
None of it you lack

Turning 'round you caught me
Quickly I looked down
Too late to not be noticed
Your blue eyes caught my brown
But I was not embarrassed
I wanted you to see
That I was looking

Salmon Shall Swim Sideways

salmon swim sideways
      while nature does take its course
      to start of each branch

sideways -

it was just …

a look
one …
it was my reaction you saw -
a recoil
emotional … untethered
it wilted, blue
in louvered columns of moonlite
long before it bloomed
but you plucked it anyway
one petal at a time
a wish on each
for my annihilation and doom …
but my ruin was long ago
your eyes
whispering me
a breeze through the cedars -
gravity to a sparrow

You Look Sideways and I Set Sail

You look sideways at me
I look straight on at you
You glance towards me
I stare at you
memorize the stiches of your coat
they are uneven
 it must have been handmade
You look up at the sky
I look at your shoes
They are slim and obviously Italian
You've been traveling in Europe 

I look at your cheekbones
You stare off at a

The Wind Walks Sideways

The wind is up and roaring.
Thrashing tree's fling Autumn away.

Clouds scud like ghost ships
and we struggle to keep steady
on backyard decking's.

Most heads are down
as we walk alone leaf-blown.

Some miss the late sun,
most breathe deeper
the cooler air mussing hair
as lungs billow like sails.

Color and gray vie,
they battle in the sky
and who or what will win
is up

Pondering Sideways Glances

While walking I saw 
something move in the corner of my eye.
When I gazed straight at it,
it was gone.
But, on second glance, askance,
there it was, again.
To and fro, direct and peripheral,
it appeared and disappeared on cue.
Head down, focused, tunnel-eyed:
I missed the cherry blossom burst.
I missed the fledgling bird's first flight.
I missed seeing clouds both sides

Over Under Sideways Down

OVER UNDER INSIDE OUT
(It still doesn’t fit)

The hospital gown
Makes Greek statues frown
You can see it in their sculpted faces
And they say in disgust
That they always will trust
The fig leaf that the gown replaces

Imploding Sideways

Watching with a glass of water in case the clouds
are thirsty
when they stop

Love Over Under Sideways Down

Lady Love Under-Over-Sideways-Down..

I miss the sun sparkling in your eyes, the moon glow of your skin 
the air, as fresh as your shrug that conceals 
all pain matching my acceptance of my fate  
I can feel the breathe of yesterdays saints

Egyptians Sideways

The Egyptians walked sideways I figure
to conceal the fine points of their figure.
In a desperate scrimmage
with their own body image
diet mania they would prefigure.

Sideways View

head straight
ahead
as the bulb
snaps

it’s only
a phone
record

that old smile
delivered
painfully

his vertebrae 
reverberates
back
to its normal
state

a nurse
pushes
him back
to his room

6/25/2019

Lopsided and Sideways

LOPSIDED and SIDEWAYS

Severe blindness and handicapness

Of double mindedness

I can't stand

It pierce under my skin

Ever so deeply to leave no room for open discussion

Only confusion that leaves me with nothing

But lies to myself and unsafe untread waters

that fails miserably to quench the thirst of my true understanding of what is me

What is real

And what is trusted

Which

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