alas, i can’t spar
darling..

not in a state
like this-

i’m the tilting
tower..

not vine scaling
prince-

summon
still..

i’ll come running
like peasant
to your
sill-

for
sweetheart..

i can’t take
a hint.

Pixabay


a passion, poisoned-
must spit to
get it
out-

tame desires turned
dangerous,

be
predictable..

or
courageous?

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dreamt of chicago
again,

with red
pen-

crossing off
blues,

but will chicago
dream of
me?

“sorry, man..” croons
on sufjan,

that letter, never mailed .

to sweetheart of
white veil,

i rue in cab
she’d..

dare not
hail

through these
shards of
town,

but chicago follwed
me home
so..

I’d not sleep
alone.

Pixabay

let’s crawl back
from day’s
end..

scrawled back to dearest
boyhood friend,

we played
house-

i was mother,
she acted
dad,

we stayed fluid
in roles of
spouse-

and worked our
issues
out.

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dear martyr,
don’t
..

be swallowed by
the bulls’
rush-

your safe passage
factors
too,

that crimson cape
tells its age

and I’d hate to watch
the hoard..

consume
you-

hand out in sea
of need
..

no soul left to
rescue
.

pixabay

sorted out
of order,

years unpacked-
arranged backwards,

stumbling through
my clutter..

sheathing blunted
box cutter.

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morning feels
seperate from day,

any meaning left
in saying?

heart’s not in it
but let’s
play
..

can’t shower off
a brain,

standing stunned
in artificial
rains

won’t chase sorrow
down the
drain
..

sick of stale rhymes
ranyway.

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Recede In Caution

do not disturb with
hollow word
s-

dare you ignore the
warning on
door,

or reasons it
hangs
for
!

do not disturb
unless
 
feline.. or
bird.