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Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee

...Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee...
honored at freedom fête
of course in my dreams
where Tony the Tiger
roars Matthew Scott Harris 
ranks as one hip cat gr-r-eat
showcasing ...

Words From the Grave

..."It's all going to be okay" he would say,
with no scent of doubt in his breath,
even as its aroma reeked from mine, 
as I'd blurt out "how can you be so sure?"

I never figured out what...

Gardening

...Outside my house, there is a crane. 
Much to my disdain. 
Tearing up my lawn looking for fossils. 
But is it really worth tearing up my garden that’s full?
Tempting, trouble.
There are no valuab...

Procrastination

...Imagination only comes when you privilege the subconscious,
when you make delay and procrastination work for you.
—Hilary Mantel

The cogs and wheels turning, nonetheless, as I ponde...

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis - part ii

...Highlight of Goofus and Gallant 
bred within the survival instinct 
of hungry hordes of prey, 
when Earth in the balance 
against an uncomfortable truth 
smug smurf like scavengers. 

     Pun...

What Media Wants, Media Finds

..."Hoping all your consequences are happy ones."
Bob Barker on Truth or Consequences

 
Mediacraft attacks could conclude
if words split wrong from right.
Grace and mercy would g...

Full Flattery

...It is you I am seeking for frost,
the icy balance to my flame;
Flow flickers into wildfire,
anchoring you to me;
Waltz of opposites,
full flattery 
will upend
any  
girl....

I a youthsome wholesome jokesome handsome

...I (a youthsome, wholesome, jokesome, handsome,...
gamesome, chucklesome, bothersome,
and awesome modest fellow)...
does not deliberately court immortalization,
and wonders what criteria confer el...

Ah, Poet, Poet, if only I could become

...Ah, Poet, Poet, if only I could become
A magical fly, to delve into your mind and soul,
To bring light to the chaos of your thoughts and feelings
That also upend my own being.
We wander aimlessly...

Silence reigns supreme in my reich

...Silence reigns supreme in my reich

No don (except me)
doth trumpet within the aborted
barren reach of freedoms within expansive realm,
I annexed courtesy manifest destiny,
which peoples now in...

An ode to a wounded child

...O tender soul, o innocence defiled,
What cruelties did your youth upend?
Tormented by she who should cherish her child,
Instead her addictions made her your fiend.

Those eyes that should have b...

Insomnia welcomed courtesy high test coffee

...Insomnia welcomed courtesy high test coffee

consumed later at night than usual
finds me bright eyed and bushy tailed
amply lively to learn 
about an American radio 
and television personality ...

Valentine's Day After

...The day after Valentine's Day,
for most may be sublime,
as a day achieved a measure 
of some success, while
others gave it no light of
day most likely from 
lacking a partner and
t...

Approach

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                   Approach of Wind, it chills 
in a particular way. 
Unexplainable, how it carries in competing tandem, 
of unknown elements brought into the arena, bare. 

Doctor's bag o...

From Her I Get

...(Intro)
From her I get …

From her I get …

(Vs 1)
She validates my existence
Leaves me always wanting more
I just love her sweet persistence
Yes, she’s the one that I adore

From her I ge...

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