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 Apr 2016 Lucy
A. E. Housman
Be still, my soul, be still; the arms you bear are brittle,
Earth and high heaven are fixt of old and founded strong.
Think rather,-- call to thought, if now you grieve a little,
The days when we had rest, O soul, for they were long.

Men loved unkindness then, but lightless in the quarry
I slept and saw not; tears fell down, I did not mourn;
Sweat ran and blood sprang out and I was never sorry:
Then it was well with me, in days ere I was born.

Now, and I muse for why and never find the reason,
I pace the earth, and drink the air, and feel the sun.
Be still, be still, my soul; it is but for a season:
Let us endure an hour and see injustice done.

Ay, look: high heaven and earth ail from the prime foundation;
All thoughts to rive the heart are here, and all are vain:
Horror and scorn and hate and fear and indignation--
Oh why did I awake? when shall I sleep again?
 Apr 2016 Lucy
Busbar Dancer
It's not necessary
To walk through a cemetery
We'll still get graveyard dirt on our boots.
There are billions of bodies
Innocence buried everywhere.
Just take a step.
They are the foundation of things
This hopeless empire built on corpses


Wine-drunk time well spent
in cheap shirts
with ring around the collar.
Sweating. Sobbing.
Furthering the stains and their hidden agenda.

I have a nice watch though.
It was a gift. From the cosmos.
It’s this inside joke we share and
we're laughing at you because
you don’t get it.
Opening Stanza completely retuned by our brother Torin Galleshaw. Many thanks to him AND his fancy hat.
 Apr 2016 Lucy
Phantom Poet
Water
 Apr 2016 Lucy
Phantom Poet
U were like water,
U were majestic and beautiful,
Like water,
U were deep like an ocean,
And I wanted to fill It with a love potion,
Brewed inside my heart,
U were calm and tame,
For ur beauty,
Only God I could blame,
When you walk these days,
Ur hips would sway,
Just like waves,
Your laughter is a ripple,
On ur calm surface,
But when I tried to be with u,
When I tried to keep you,
U drowned me,
Like a tsunami,
I thought I caught her,
But I drowned,
After all she is water!
Water

— The End —