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The precocity of a newborn day
Floating anecdotes
A glaring sun
Phony probity
A scrambled sky
Fleeing clouds
Slapped by the wind
Contrasting greys
Swirling around
Decadent, dim.
precocity glaring sympathy Fleeing wind Contrasting dim
Love blooms
like a rose
eternally beautiful.

Lazy days
of wonderment
betrayed by age.

Beauty remains
as time passes
fades, then decays.
Playing games
Tranquil moments
Innocent days
The weight of emptiness
Introspective interludes
Scenes you'll never see
Ephemeral truths
Doubts
The enigma of love
Dogmas and doctrines
The pattern of waves.
One evening
after work
I began to walk
from the railway station
along the footpath
joining an acquaintance
on the way
to accompany and converse
amicably I thought
at first
but he became aloof
and hostile
ignoring my bonhomie
why
I had no idea
so crossed the road
estranged
shocked and ashamed.
A private party
Etudes
People around me
Vanity and beauty
From where I sat
A glow of hope
In an ashen sky
Abandoned arguments
Reviews and dismal news
Changing moods
Pauses for profanity
Shadows and reality
Simulacrums
Patented predictions
Solemnity and sorrow
Corpses for the coroner
Silence.
The soul rises
inspired
by paintings
colours
shapes and tones
harmoniously juxtaposed.

A bird soars
towards the sky
floats
then swoops.

The melody
flows, swells
surges then fades.

An intermezzo
with solo clarinet
or perhaps a piccolo.

Linked words
in a poem
flow like piano notes
rhythmically, melodically.
Saturated meat
floating in a sea of melancholy
spite and olive oil.

Arrogance
the elegance of autocracy
'Take the plate away'.

Discrete pleas
beneath a blasphemous sky
defeated by the heat.

Happiness postponed
by procrastination
and moments of hostility.
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