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 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
I spent two days
Snuggling with myself
After

2 days
Of contentment

Ball ringing
Memorializing

Smiling out
Of nowhere

Smug in
Love

With
A comet's tale


Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
If the universe begs
will you lay down

with me
and hold

as if
love

as if
passion

as if
future

held sunshine
little rain

as if
you

as if
me

as if
all doesn't run down

n e way
as if

who doesn't love
entropy

yeah


copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
I sit across
From this beautiful woman
Reaching into her mind
For what her *** already owns

And I think
Stop thinking
so hard

Just be
The Beast
You are

Why
To a lion
Does it always seem

To be enough
To be

And to us
Beast Masters
    all
To not?
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
If You Embrace Life
What happens

To your socks
And the odor

In your drawers
Do you decide

This is
Ahhhhhh

Good?
Do you think

Repression
Not on my apple watch?

Can it be that
I don't know

Lives
Joyfully

Next door
Borrows

Power tools
Gleefully ignorant

Of safety
Seeing

Scrolls
Of secrets

Produces
Saw dust

Of
Your dreams

Your desires
Anything

You
Set down

In
Early resignation

You
You
You

Get back up
There's no crying

In
Infinity

There's no
Know

I no
**** that

Eye
Eye

Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
Just brain space
Occupying
Itself

With
Some natural
Antipathy


Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
Are these egotistical?
My pride
Flopping about?

Or is
My fear

Flipping
Out

Yelping
Lines

Naught else
Squeals

Like a poet
Stuck


Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
Music comes back
In solitude

"a guide for those
new
to living alone"

Ears go from cancelling out
To craving

It's the quiet
**** it

At first
Then u remember

Listening
And Listen in

See yourself
Rapt

Double cover
In your hands

Broken cellophane
On the floor

Record playing
Diamond needle

Mainlining someone else's
Experience

Then
When I'd had none

Alone
I was with music

And writing
Now

Find yourself
Rapt

Cell phone
in your hands

Open Sonos box
On the floor

It's not
As loud

Or
So big

And
I sing

More boldly
Along


Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
#mule4poetry
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
Having quieted one noisy Beast
And letting a long restrained one
Play

Opens emptiness in my mind
Of the inviting kind

Usually
We call this peace

Claim we found it
Twas always herer

Was my noise
Now quieter
I'm fervently claiming

Was my wars
Now distant
I'm no longer blaming

Was me between
Me an' peace
Was is

Peace
After a time
Let's you hear

The universe
Is a chatter box
Abhorring

My shiny new
Vacuum

Look at this
Look at that
Yes

U speaks right through u
To me
Openly

Can't shut the ****** up
We smile
Lines



Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
These new women

Borne here
Of heroes
Now
So extra


Heavy things
Dangerous things

No longer
Threaten breakfast

As does a system
Grown inscrutable

To strength
And dominance

We force
They read labels

Guard breakfast
From the wrong fixing

Or tasting
Bad

Human work
Not beastly

Has risen
Men must listen

Bide
Learn

Deepen
While enjoying

The next
Strength


Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
Those are the most powerful
words I have

I say them as often
as necessary

and follow
with a genuine smile

Grinning
a better life.




Copyright@2018 Dennis Willis
 Sep 2018
Dennis Willis
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