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A bigger bite of life
for a hunger meant to last
Insatiable inherence
starvation my repast

Partaking of tomorrow
in dreams of future feasts
Anticipations banquet
—where ravenous I eat

(Dreamsleep: September, 2023)
He's a delightful delicacy
But
I wouldn't want
to eat him
all the time
 Jun 2023 Josh Cooper
Healer
Silence
 Jun 2023 Josh Cooper
Healer
My failures are the loudest silence,
I have ever sat with
 Jun 2023 Josh Cooper
Aishu
Last night,
when I closed my eyes,
I saw the moon
so full and so bright.
I fell asleep smiling.
 Jun 2023 Josh Cooper
Al
She speaks in clouds,

her curves drink lost
words.

Her dress entrances.

This marketplace so full
of colour,

many fragrances merge.

I watch her dance with
gypsy jazz tones.

Olive skin and dark hair.

She beckons me forth, to
a flaming beauty.

With her clouds I
merge.
 Apr 2023 Josh Cooper
Eve
Selfish
 Apr 2023 Josh Cooper
Eve
I know
That it
Is selfish,
But my anger
Wants you
To ache for
Me
The way
I ache
For you.



Only then I'll be pleased; knowing that you're truly suffering for all the love you gave and took away.

-fir.m
 Apr 2023 Josh Cooper
Khoisan
Unveiled no clothes

for a ******* exposed

a pro's grand$lam

at a one night stand.
“You play words like an instrument”
someone once said
Each vowel as a whole note
to consonants wed

High praise from a seeker
deftly looking for more
New songs in the making
—words singing du jour

(The New Room: March, 2023)
If in death
there were
dreams of divine
joy, and sublime
happiness,
it wouldn't be
so bad.

Like the dreams
I had as a
little boy.
The ones, that upon
waking, I felt like
I'd been punched in
the stomach.
Heart sick, lonely as
an old hound,
howling in the
moonlight.

The dreams that felt
so real, I could taste
the sweetness of
my favorite candy on
my tongue.
I could feel the
handlebars of my
shiny new bike.
Feel the wind on
my face, as I
raced against time.

The dreams where I
could smell the
honeysuckle in that
beautiful girl's hair.
The one that loved
me, as we walked the
dew soaked Meadows,
and talked about
our lives together,
bobwhite's singing our
favorite songs.

No, death would not
be bad at all,
if we could dream.
This came to me in a writing prompt at a writer's group that I do at the public library. Strange how we get inspiration
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