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A LeopardLike a patterned rug / Beaten to be rid of dust and / Flopped over a balcony railing, a leopard
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Apr 15, 2014
AnnihilationImagine Complete Annihilation / Imagine it / First drain the colour from the world
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Apr 24, 2013
A RiddleWhat Man sees when the sun is too bright / What Man sees in the middle of the night / What Man sees in his darkest dreams
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May 21, 2013
A Song of LifeThe guitarist with his well-rehearsed finger / Positions dips his toes into the river and sighs: / He’s singing a long forgotten chorus line.
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Apr 24, 2013
A Strange ThingThe Great Crested Grebe / Looks on in admiration: / Sodden Squirrel swims.
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Oct 18, 2013
Autumnal SonataAutumnal joy floats on the wind: it blows / A woodwind section through the buzzing leaves, / And gently rattles red arpeggios
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Apr 24, 2013
AvalerionIt happens on the banks of Hydaspes / No bird that lives has seen it thus unfold / Except the Vulture: stolen memories
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Apr 24, 2013
A WeddingLike rivulets of rain on a window / Conjoining into pools on the sill, / Or like lines of cement between housebricks
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Jan 2, 2014
Be Careful What You Wish ForScattered around are the ashes of all that I ever knew / A light sprinkling of burned snow-cover on the charcoal of my house / My silent friends, skeletons, lie face down in the dust, passively smoking my memories
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Apr 24, 2013
Breaking Rule Number OneThe man who put bullet holes in the fabric of time waiting for you / Who scrawled lunacy all over the pages of history / Who started all the wars, murdered all the prophets, burned down empires
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Apr 24, 2013
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