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James Court Jun 2017
Isn't it a joy to look forward, skyward,
       (head spills to the anti-brain)
and follow with your eyes the wrens and magpies(LOUD)
champions of commonsense who don't care
because they know nothing more?
       (But what do we know no more?
       The eternity before us, the true art of peace...)
No, it's not enough to just look up,
       (yank back to reality, squinting at the dark)
for what a waste the heavens are!
       (No time in the day for that kind of lark)
No, better by far to keep the head down,
       (nose sniff neck stiff brow frown)
keep to the rest of the bunch
       (chin chest eye ground back hunch)
and follow the pristine path instead
       (for then one can't be misled)
and leave the wild, melodic skies
to romantics
     and dreamers
  and wrens
     and magpies
James Court Jun 2017
in with chemicals
my shell shuts tight - don't open;
it's all dead inside
James Court Jun 2017
You wished to never a-spy my face
again, at any time or place;
you banished me from out your years
and you took off with never a forethought,

and the letter I wrote (to state how I
don't understand) got no reply,
so I'll hold back the pain and tears
and I'll leave the ball ever in your court.
James Court Jun 2017
I am very sick.
Lady coughed on me a lot
on the train ride home.
James Court Jun 2017
emotions
turn
hazy
and
nobody
objects to
love
James Court Jun 2017
Once you said          you loved me,
once I'd make  you smile;
once I thought the two of us
would last
through
time

Now our hearts       are colder,
now we've both    moved on;
now we're both in search of some-
thing as
sub-
lime

Once you called      me perfect,
once you called    me yours;
once you held        me like a babe
in     your
safe
arms

Now although       we're distant, well,
now for      you I ache,
for even now     I'm not immune
to    your
sweet
charms
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