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What
Time of Night Do Eyes Turn Back
to
black canvas stretching thin
to
catch the emerging breeze
racing through the darkness?
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Minnow
Newton’s
vast wasteland
stretches out before us.
A
nuclear winter where nothing lives
or breathes or grows.
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Mirror
A young boy looks in.
After the not long prime years
an old man looks back.
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Separate Cars
Will you ride
with me,
deride me, or
decide how many walk
side by side, hand in hand,
crossing against the lig..
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Robin
Morning heat rises
Robins bounce through the sprinkler
Cherry blossoms dance.
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Deluge
Demand for
daylight.
New storms roll across
old fields
as darkness
descends
young stalks of
grain bend
as a fiery b..
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Homage
Not yet ... not yet ... not yet
the wind weeps
the old limb creaks
beneath the weight
toes barely skim the dirt
friction ..
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Barbecue
Bring
your own spirits.
Trust that you identify
correctly as done.
What
does it matter?
We look back, yet..
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Write or Wrong
Do not play with
your words,
eat all on your
plate,
like famished or
hungry,
ravenous or sate.
You could ..
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Oh Well
The truth of old age?
One second, you’re young, then old.
It sneaks up on you.
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