Modular Nonconformity
`
Never too early, never too late;
Life can be a heaped-up plate.
Today you are comfy, tomorrow, lost;
Yesterday's loss determines the cost.
The future disguises no blemishes.
Hope's a parachute that never vanishes.
`
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From Swords to Plowshares
A field of crop
once was a battlefield (red)
now feeds a remnant -
They that survived
the young that gave up their lives
so that this plot of land
Might remain in this nation
to fly its flag
and export its blood-bought grain.
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The Man Made Perfect
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Every woman is perfect
every woman a breathe divine
every woman is individual
let each one uniquely shine.
The man that wakes up
and embraces this splendid truth
will have gained the world
and find himself perfect too.
`
poem by Frederick Kesner
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Evening Prayer
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Away,
fly and float in the drifts.
Go,
brandish the hilt and strike
against a cloudless sky.
Back
in the shadows, whisper.
Come
forward to hear better.
Leave
your shoes on; come
Alone -
is where yesterday hid
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A Caterpillar Returns
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transformations:
spinning
weaving
coccooning
ensh roudedness
spelunking
abseiling
rapp eling
abscondedness
protruding
esche wing
amnesic
metamorphoses
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Kitchen Sink
my finger traces
a still barely
visible band
on my 4th finger
our ex-anniversary
is now my memory
a constant companion
to might-have-beens
yesterday had so much
prospect and promise
today I face a sink
full of dirty dishes
`
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Dream Weaver
I will shut my eyes
to the darkness
pull the bedcovers
to my chin
I will whistle invites
to the dreamweaver
press my cheek
to my downy pillow
I will snore, as they say
to ruffle night's silence
prop my fluffy teddy
to my shoulder
`
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Feasting
Thereupon a banquet spread
delectable dishes arrayed
greens, meats, fruit, and wine
marine, fowl, farm, and vine
Alongside me your visage bright
imbibing, ingesting, we sup
from selfsame platter dine
my heart yours and yours mine
`
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Invocation: To Rain
When shall it again rain upon
this parched and thirsty land?
Will any come off divining
while our heart lay pining?
Shall we again glimpse
that crystal crown upon our king?
Come forth from yon chambers
we beseech thee, our liege.
~
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Reed Music
Amber frosted reeds
in the summer's wind
swaying, dancing,
synchronised now
syncopated and back
shouting then singing
xanthine etudes
boisterous and raucous
bright and nimble
leaving pliant
graceful kisses
on a soft smooth cheek
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