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The Masters Touch

The Masters Touch



sweet child, catch a firefly

and gaze upon its beauty,



see it shine and echo

of heaven's divine touch



for its life is a sweet sign

of the master's vivid glory



10-1-09

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2009



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Sweet Like Honey

Sweet Like Honey 

lips like 
honey, 

just call 
me 

sweet 
taster... 

the busy 
bee

1-21-07

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2009

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Mechanical Imaginations

Mechanical Imaginations

you say, time travel, as if
we could somehow bend

all that was or ever will be -
mechanical imaginations

perhaps crying crystals 
or lit aligning alchemy...

though whichever way we
would come at such ideas

we're clueless whenever it 
pertains to warping waves

besides we'd be tampering 
with nature and bloodlines 

not to mention how our big
egos fancy us gods already 
jkb
1-4-16

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2016

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Dented Aluminum

Dented Aluminum 

once, kick the can was a lovely
game to play, but not nowadays

as shiny cellphones and prized
handheld games govern the day, 

what a heavy price we will pay,
dented aluminum decays away

our alumni cry out their tired eyes
as hourly the ozone melts, always

1-4-18

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2018

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Only Solitary Man

Only Solitary Man

there is a madman hiding amongst
the hills and those scattered tombs, 

he's the perfect host for much shame
and his soul's the plaything of minion

accursed he cannot be bound by chains
but still he's a slave to confusion, insane 

until one day he received the greatest gift
from the only solitary man offering hope...

Christ redeemed him and washed him anew
then sent the man to proclaim his freedoms 

james kenneth blaylock
1-31-16

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2016



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The Lavender Scent

The Lavender Scent
 
dearest, do the walls crawl
with many sutile fingerprints...
 
sweet one, does the air hold
tightly upon the lavenders scent...
 
honey child, is it the waft of the spirit
that causes us so much closeness...
 
alls I really know is I'd rather
never be letting you go, stay angel
 
5-7-09

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2009

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Shy Vessel (Crack the Surface)

been
locked in


this 
      fortress
                   for


far too
   long,


without
            any
                 hope


nor freeing
       keys...


but
   time's
            now


to break
out,


an
  escaping
                 of

 this my
shy vessel

(crack
          the
              surface)
& leave
   that

 
self
    made
          cell,


to seek
the talk


of 
   wisdom
                days

 

james kenneth blaylock

06/20/07

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2007

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Cold Joke (Father Beast)

Cold Joke (Father Beast)

the day
of fathers

what-a
        cold
             joke,

for my
very own

were-a
        beast
              in

mere man
   flesh,

in 
 public
        he'd
            wear

a suit
of nice

but
    truth
          be
            told,

drugs be
his closest
 friend

next
     to
       hate...

i dare
survive

6-17-07

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2007

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Kingdoms Will Fall

Kingdoms Will Fall

 

where does your

kingdom lie

 

are you chasing

faithfully after the worldly,

 

pleasures and money

are our new gods...

 

because in the end these

things will only make us fall

 

9-25-09

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2009

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Hustler's Prayer

runnin
          guns
                  N
                   dope

ain't   no
   way

to
   be
       livin,

cuz   some
    -time

sooner
           or
              later,

thangs
    change

to   where
   you'll

never   erase...

those
         pains
                 givin

&   received

james kenneth blaylock
      3/17/07

Copyright © James Blaylock | Year Posted 2007

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