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Prisoner

...Don’t think too hard.
They sting behind your eyes.
Sharp swells
from the recessing snake pit.

Faces warp, wrap, and real.
Knotted limbs 
of trying tapestry.
The marriage of scale and skin.
...

our natural state

...
Pavlov’s dogs are salivating
bells of nature ring as
every action yields consequences
stimuli evoke a response and
primeval instincts dance with evolution

‘I think therefore I am’ jingles in...

The Snake Pit, The Bee Hive, and The Lions' Den

...Watch your step, so you don't end up here
Where people like you simply disappear
To be devoured like prey, they're on the hunt
Looking for their next victim for them to stunt

Beware of the snak...

Lazy Guys In White House

...Are there lazy guys in The White House?
Let’s pick your loudest ‘’ Yes’’ or ‘’No’’
And could they World Peace Moves a bit douse 
I would wait for a ‘’ Speak on’’ or ‘’ Go.’’

For the first, Russ...

Toward Treasure

...5/25/22

Living in the nether
Couldn't keep it together
For a long time wore a fetter
Remaining tethered
Occasionally got tarred and feathered
To your expectations I lost interest if I'll ever...

My Contingency Measure In Case of Gotterdammerung

...My contingency measure in case of…götterdämmerung

A scenario unfolds
more abominable among
any previous warring factions,
his wicked weltanschauung
charred effigies futilely hung
against regi...

Feeling Criminal

... She feels your eyes on her like she's a criminal 
And the feeling is not deemed subliminal  
Manipulate others to see it your way
Minimizing her just makes your whole day 

What are you thin...

True Grit

...My  name is Mattie Ross and I hail from Yell County
In the state of Arkansas living, on a ranch with family
At the age of fourteen I suffered personal tragedy
When my father Frank Ross was tak...

To Two and Too Explained

...To Too and Two Explained

To market, to the car, to the grocery, to the pool, to the snake pit, to the park
In order to, invariably to their thinking, I would do anything to.
The most common to –...

Seize the Ceasing Day

...when evening’s dawn descended on her restless soul

defeated dusk and dust collected deep into the night

cobwebs spun an open trapdoor over broken peace

insomnia prevailed as a cynical remind...

Truth Be Told

...The theme park was crowded. Elephants on roller coasters, mosquitos bracing the water slide, ferrets enjoying the ferris wheel and leopards shooting crack in the gallery. A myriad of personification ...

Fortune Cookie Retold

...To be or not to be that is here the question of ambivalence

	Or is it the answer posed as a dire request

Socrates might have a shot and I don’t mean the soccer player

	Although goal line tec...

Love Lore

...What is love?

The North Star guiding
a lost seafarer home
or the Siren’s song luring
him to the rocky shores?
Is it frolicking in the moonlit nights
in a field of flowers
or trudgin...

Facing Fear

...I once suffered a strong arm robbery on a dark Chicago street. Halfway down the block, I saw two young men turn the corner and headed in my direction.    That had never happened before, and I could n...

Joy You Feel Deep Inside

...J-oy you feel deep inside
H-as made eyes see no mess; 
A-ugust tenth early morn, 
N-ice view removes mare's nest.
E-ach joy you feel deep inside
L-ets your heart beat in mirth; 
L-ove of God ha...

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