Traffic Light

Through the fog and rain—
The steely shades pouring down—
I can see the light.

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Advanced Capitalism

A soul furcates from
Its host, emancipated
Materialistic'lly
To choose further abstraction.

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Post-9-5

Does one work in order to
Survive, or does one survive
In order to work? Tell me:
Why need an answer?

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Figurative Seppuku

I gut my insides,
Removing my hard stomach
From my soft belly.
I disembowel myself
To free my parched, starving soul.

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Pawn

The weight of the glass pawn's
Steps on a marble surface
Is only measurable by
The indent left by its
Inevitable fall.

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Documentary Rerun

Each time it reruns,
The documentary is
Shorter than it was
Before. Each time it reruns,
There are longer commercials.

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Rain Falling: 12: 52 PM March 13,2012

As I watch the rain,
I wonder if it could wash
The filth away from the street,
But then I notice
The falling water only
Turns sturdy ground into mud.

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Bombs

While we wonder what culture's worst,
Our nearly insatiable thirst
Will lead to conquering
Just about ev'rything
Unless all their bombs blow up first.

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A Hallmark Card on Valentine's Day

Dear Hallmark,
Teach
Me how to love.

Tell me where

I should go,
And
What I need to
Buy

To persuade

A woman,
So
She will return
The
Favors I expend.

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Paper

A blank piece
Of
Notebook paper

Is like me.

It's empty
Of
Ideas and
Thoughts.

It's vacant,

Waiting to
Be
Scribbled on soon,
To
Absorb words and speak.

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