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 Dec 2011
Ralph E Peck
I
am
here
to keep
the man
going and
to make the
man see the day
and to hear the night
as it rings so fiercely toward
our ears, and makes us stop and
together, we realize that it all remains
the same.  For keeping this thought as one,
seems so simple, but the hill seems so high to
be falling down, makes it all seem so very steep
and to think, that we, as one, could fall from grace
so easily...it scares the feelings of being good from my
body, and makes the night seem long and full, and dark.
 Dec 2011
Ralph E Peck
I
Cannot
See the number
As it waits for me
To come its merry way
Counting down the footsteps
As it says "come on, come on, and
Find your way down my face to where
You'll find the worst and best of me all in
One" and I hear it say it, but I cannot see it
For no matter what it says I am alone on the point
This pointed arrow, searching for the day time
Searching for the night time and it races
Quickly away, leaving its voice in the
Air, all the while covering it face
Making the feeling bad and
Creating the night again
While trying to find
The number so
When it goes
So must
I.
 Dec 2011
Day
positive
energy

 waves

through the pine trees, peace
is in the trees
pieces of our trees
following the dirt
rode
a sihouette
to heaven
in a dirt-
y palm
tree
& repeat.
 Dec 2011
Ralph E Peck
There was
A man who
Peered through
His glasses
And saw
The
Light
Around him
Grow, and grow
And it all became
Larger, and soon he
Felt his life had gotten
Out of hand and there was
So little he could do and he
Thought, maybe if
I could bring this
Light down then
It might work
Out that I
Could
Bring
Myself
Down
And be
As little
As my foot.
 Dec 2011
Ben
the*                                
parlor   air smells of  
   antiseptic and alcohol    
               while the white gauze chair      
         *sings a        sirens song
        
of    
pleasure      and pain    
                     painting reflections of myself on  
a living canvas greens
blues purples yellows
mingle freely                
with the red                  
     ink drawn                          
from my                        
veins from                    
another br                     
ushstroke                      
puls                            ­  
ing                                
at                                    
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