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Half Smile
In the complex simplicity of a half smile You plot the course of a narrative That sings mystery and allure Promises mutually assured seduction Hints at boredom and ennui Foreshadows betrayal All in the...
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Half Smile, Squared
In the complex simplicity of a half smile When someone assumes someone’s discussion You plot the course of a narrative The four winds of the ocean’l find the enigwa That sings mystery and allure...
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Hope
I am in hope instead of love Having signed away my proxy For that treasured state long ago I can no longer remember What I thought it was Or from which idealized fiction I learned purported truth All I...
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Manifestos
Manifestos of love proliferate With the newness of each discovery We plant flags on beachheads with the arrogance of colonizers Who disregard those already there We proclaim impossibilities to each...
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Tongue Tied
I wonder if it will ever end The way I get tongue tied around attractive women When they turn to me and smile Which admittedly is a rare event My inner Cyrano is sent falling through a trap door And I...
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Little Brown Rooster
Little brown rooster Sings the blues all day Calling for his little hens Singing that he wants to play He struts and dances They dance away Little brown rooster Sings the blues all day Little brown...
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Memory
Do you remember When it was transformational When music pied pipered us Into a sociological world view At odds with conformity At odds with authority Just so It was hot time, summer in the city...
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Particles
It’s all about fragments Small pieces of everything Becoming and unbecoming Randomly mixing Fixing into stasis momentarily Until transformation happens inevitably We all know the solitude of...
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Vulnerable
You have strength enough to proclaim your vulnerability With a smile that says I’m strong enough But only to a point I can see scarred clearcuts behind your eyes And feel the impact that toxic spills...
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Constant
It isn’t anything personal Or even able to be possessed It isn’t something that’s yours or mine Anymore than the air we breathe is We need it constantly But it can only be shared and released Never...
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She Said
Concise expansivity is where it’s at She said Arching her back Looking over her shoulder At me Really? Do you mean pinpointing infinity Or Opening your singularity to the collective She waved...
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Heart
Why is the heart associated with love, I wonder Why not the brain I can think of other body parts If you’re going to pick internal organs to represent that feeling That divine state of bliss we call...
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Blue Empty
In the great blue empty of a summer sky Lies the reflection of my heart’s void More space than materiality Full only of wonder and the promise of discovery I search for eyes that sparkle with creative...
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Phone Call
It’s Sunday evening Soon, I’ll call my mother We’ll debrief each other’s past week Preview the next She will bring up the importance of faith I’ll make non-committal noises of an ambiguous nature We’ll...
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Angel Songs
I will make playlists of angel songs And burbling laughs of toddlers Who haven’t learnt to imprison their feelings in words I will make playlists of waves rolling on cobbled shores And the crash of...
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A Moment
Buskers on a busy street I unflow from the crowd Static against marchers and sideways walkers Finding peace inside a throng These two are musicians Playing a neverending medley of eclectic tunes I...
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Surgery Day
Today I am having heart surgery to replace my aortic valve. For the past while I’ve been writing poems that allude to this and the stages I’ve been going through along the way. I’m sure some folks are...
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Broken Hearts
There are no mechanical replacements for broken hearts No bypasses for a love betrayed or denied Even when it feels like your chest has been cracked open And your heart has been ripped out All we can...
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Traces
I dream of tracing your voluptuous curves With my fingertips Trailblazing the way for my tongue I hear the quiet rustle of fabric Pulled up and over Feel the slide of silk Downy thighs My tongue...
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This Is Not A Poem
This is not a poem about love Or yearning for love This is not a poem about relationships And all the shit that transpires between us This is not a walk Down memory lane Into some childish backwater of...
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