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The Closet

Tinny ducted shouts From angry gods Force retreat To folded closeted space Where quietude’s usurious coin Mints a treasury Of bereft isolationFiled under: Poetry Tagged: poetry

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The journey

Upon the plane we cross With nowhere else to go Helped by icy stares And cold indifference too White-hot we travel Borealis our guide To find a darkened spot And rest awhile to wait For Spring’s faint...

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A mighty thirst

I drip wet with time In this rain of starlight But not a drop can be wrung And added to my draught of unknown size To slake my thirst for moreFiled under: Poetry Tagged: poetry, starlight

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Tannenbaum Tears

Don't kill it don't kill it I'll kill myself I'll kill myself Tears in the rain I'll kill myself I'll kill myself I don't want it to die I don't want it to die Tears in the rain I want this tree I want...

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Democracy

The flags are folded for a future day The rally cries are silent in the books Yet shouts now fill the streets At Democracy’s rough grabbing By those who see her travail Boastful winners mock and laugh...

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Carrion-bird

The Dark Tower harbors an orange carrion-bird In a gilded cage readying for flight Before a mirror it preens in sunshine Talons staccato clack and echo In revenge ritual dance Across the polished...

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Flotsam

Fair winds blow But fouled lines Lose the zephyr Leaving you tacking Aimlessly in the doldrums

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Editing

Down now fell crimson pen Unleash your wrath Upon words misplaced Punctuation erred Grammar confuted Begone! Begone with you!

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The Meander

O’er the edge we go To see the twinkle sky And walk the sleep of life Bright-eyed for the darkness That lasts forevermore

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When

When your eight year-old Tells you What he wants To be buried Because he’s so angry At you Because you Took something Away from him When he was six And he wants To kill himself Because of it And he...

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