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A Poem by I.R.
There’s a stain in the silence,
Deep and purple like the little
Drip of wine forgotten, sleeping
At the bottom of the goblet.
Th..
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A Poem by I.R.
All is full of love,
full of blindness,
It drips from the mortified walls,
The patterns on the wallpaper
Blushing from what just happened.
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A Poem by I.R.
It was so blue and deep
Like a pool in the temple.
I fell fast from the floor
To the ceiling and sank.
Water splashed, returned
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A Poem by I.R.
In our marriage bed, lust will lie
In the middle like a feverish child
As the cat purrs down the hall
And the coffee waits to be brewed.
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A Poem by I.R.
It’s so tribal, the way your eardrums beat
Like ghosts in caverns beating on ghost drums
And ghost tigers growling in the darkness.
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A Poem by I.R.
It just materialized while listening to a song...like most of the time.
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A Poem by I.R.
Take me to where the tour bus is parked
And share your three day old bread.
I don’t care that the bus is empty
And that the seats a..
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A Poem by I.R.
Harpsichords know what I’m talking about,
With their lovely red shell of wood, pretty
Gold leafs floating across the green lacquer,
Wit..
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A Poem by I.R.
For those who gave till there was no more,
For the blood that rained down into the tub,
Painted white like ivory or a bleached stone,
Into th..
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A Poem by I.R.
Dead Cat
I.
It’s a nag at first,
Like somebody pulling
On your pants.
The wooden floors
Don’t seem clean,
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