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NYC

A Poem by CAL

Times Square in neon lights Video meals and camera deals Endless night of skyscraper journals West side lovers and standby squires ..

Ant Parade

A Poem by CAL

The ants are eatingClean to the boneHelpers of the deadIn tombstone bedsThey crawl upon thoughtsCarefully bitingLittle by littleCleansing the rottingD..

Purple Spirits

A Poem by CAL

A friend from the past In simple conversation Drowning In purple spirits Holy spirits Souls are wasted Recreated in guilty..

Meeting My Muse

A Poem by CAL

Riding the A1A beach highway The promenade strip Beats hot sun Across hard bodies Neon lights fill bars and cafes The sile..

Tea and Nicotine

A Poem by CAL

She pulls out crumbled dollars Lays them on the counter Cigarettes and a can of tea Blue jeans and wired seas She f***s and swallows ..

High Heels and Smooth Cigars

A Poem by CAL

The cockroaches are crawling Out from drain pipes Hidden in damp darkness Crawling over my nakedness child They feel with antenna e..

Southern Streets

A Poem by CAL

With the beauty lives ugliness That is preserved In a tiny time capsule Shackled and sold Upon the planters town square Li..

Seaward Marshes

A Poem by CAL

Rain pounds the eastern seaboard The torrential winds test patience Umbrellas are hopeless shelter Upturned into woven buckets ..

Wood House

A Poem by CAL

The wood house creeks In the midnight darkness You can hear the mice Running along wood planks The wind breaths life Into long ..

North Carolina

A Poem by CAL

Look into the clear crystal sky Across the rolling hills Across the pasture mills Of North Carolina She calls you to a red sun..