Wilyem Clark : Writing

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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


The only love that I can give Is plastic, artificial, Thin as cardboard, bloodless, pale, And borderline superficial. You stand in nakedness and..
Outcast

Outcast

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Each sneeze portends a viral doom, Each cough, tuberculosis; You'd better not tell your folks or friends About your minor nasal quirks, Or they'll..
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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Shame on you, hostess, for making us gorge; A bird is for stuffing, not dear Uncle George! We needed red wagons and all of our strength To cart our..
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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Thanks for the turkey, thanks for the pie, Thanks for the bubbly champers so dry; Thanks for the cranberry sauce and the taters . . . Thanks for th..
Disengagement

Disengagement

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


It irks me, It angers me To hear these tales of Wanton endangerment, These cripplings and murders of innocents By the chest-thumping carnage clas..
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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


Phantom bus, phantom bus, Breeding a doubt in all of us. Will it come or will it falter? Could God Almighty even alter The Schrödinger outcom..
Muscle Boy and Treadmilla

Muscle Boy and Treadmilla

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


They are the regular regulars, More so than I. First, the kid: He's methodical. With silent assurance and upward heaves He moves his masses gracef..
What Ails You

What Ails You

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


What ails you, dear Emmaline, Is not Chagas' disease, Or schistosomiasis, Or leprosy, or acute necrosis, Or typhus, or hypoplasia, Or tetanus, or..
Lovely Devil

Lovely Devil

A Poem by Wilyem Clark


O lovely devil, I need not speak of you; I merely think: "The time has come," And you appear! Your truck with the roll-up door in back Parks by t..
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A Poem by Wilyem Clark


"Plaudicite, amici!" In that phrase I hear the echo of A trite Zen koan. Reformulate it thus: What is the sound Of no one clapping? Ah, but in t..