A Mess of Words

A Mess of Words Mar 2021

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By her smile

She’s adorned in such a way

That silks and gems and

Polished gold

Have little left to say

A Mess of Words Feb 2021

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Hard is the day
To start,
When waking with
A heavy heart.

A Mess of Words Jan 2021

Memory

Winter woodsmoke:

Magic in its way;

For a deep breath

And I’m carried far away.

A Mess of Words Jan 2021

Voice

Her voice is lush,

Appetizing to my ear.

By it I blush, and

Discern my true fears.

A Mess of Words Jan 2021

Popcorn

I find every hour or so

Words bursting in my head

As corn kernels agitated;

And greedily

I scoop up all I can,

Though the result is often

A mess of burned buttery bunk.

A Mess of Words Jan 2021

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Five years
I’ve been begging
To forget;

Each night
Restores the gravity
Of my regret.

A Mess of Words Jan 2021

Rhetoric

The only difference

Between you and me

Is are you less

Or more lonely?