The Last Turnstile
Time regresses
images blur,
memories detained
Tokens injected
into the madness
—forever to remain
(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)
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Categories:
turnstile, time,
Form: Rhyme
Turnstile
they say when
you reincarnate
you come back
exactly to the task
that kept you
from going on
but you need to
keep finding
what you
didn't do
and keep
pressing
on and on
and on you
will go if you
don't know the
question
for how can
you answer that
which you know not
know
what is
if you don't
know what's
asked
and so
never
will you
ride the
elevator to
the top
floor
pent
house
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Categories:
turnstile, muse,
Form: I do not know?
Turnstile Carousel
Jail cell turnstile ...
two coming in, one leaving out
Rehabilitated prison farm menu;
criminal cold turkey,
and hot caught fee bitter words
makes for a tough cement wall chew
Only the well-adjusted few
will make it thru
Leaving byway of the electronic gate
swinging open past the turnstile carousel
Up and down ... in and out
Round and round,
five heading north, ten
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Categories:
turnstile, metaphor, prison, society, wisdom,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Turnstile
Nothing matters nothings
changed
Ride the highway to the grave
I missed the train but i'm on
the bus
Now i find i can't get off
Ghosts of riders from another
day
Faces smile in the strangest
ways
In the city i know the cost
I still feel like i'm getting lost
One world were home
One slip were burned
One thing i've learned
There's not
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Categories:
turnstile, inspirational
Form: ABC
Turnstile
At death, stood one, at a turnstile,
Whether each, facing judgment, would pay.
There, no accord for entry, was made worthwhile,
Nor was there bestowed a ready day.
For the tree that had fallen south or north,
In that direction, endlessly, remained the same.
Only the Godly, advanced henceforth,
Those who honored and glorified God's name.
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Categories:
turnstile, faith, hope, inspirational
Form: Lyric