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the cicadas slur their final words
of summer

from one side of the lake
to the other

a sedge of herons
is perfect

just above the water
all along

the green of the mountains
autumn

is already pecking its reds
and yellows

drift to any distance
and you will dance

through delight
and damage

i have been           loneliness
i have been           holiness

and i now know
the difference
Jay Jelly Aug 10
Hijacked
Irrational thinking
Heaven forbid

Kinder gestures

Sweet amazing grace
The uninvited guests
I surrendered too

This bloodsport has

Spilled enough blood
Taken enough prisoners
Evading the trenches

Collapsed doom and gloom

No more harvest moon
Having itโ€™s way
Time to rewrite my story

Alleviate the anxiety

Soften the blows
Make the lyrics
Speak quieter

Soak up my soul in sanity

Soil me in effervescent sunshine
Unpolished I have been
I donโ€™t shine like gold

Few truly do

All the chitter chatter
Has gone to my head
In the smallest of increments

It doesnโ€™t necessarily obliterate

Me to the core
Simple known truth

Behold the changing of thee guard
Maybe finally in progress
Jay Jelly Aug 10
Succumb
Too the notions
Up for interpretation

The wheels that went flat

Yet kept on going
Proceed with caution
Sightseers all aboard

In unlimited numbers

They flocked in droves
Vocalizations hammered
They often

Tasked me in there dwellings

And hindered my ways
Intersecting avenues
Should I have stand pact

Put My foot down and just drove away

Instead I caved and parked
Running red lights
Like a bad habit

I couldnโ€™t shake free from

Along with the falling trees
That fell
And blocked my paths

Preventing me from going forward

Dissection by default
My unwavering
Imagination

In need of some fine tuning

The boulevards
That threw me in there wake
Riding in the carpool

Lane was never lonely enough

Because my stagecoach
Was always overflowing with
Hitchhikers that wouldnโ€™t

Just take another train
Lynn Stillman Aug 10
The blue of your eyes.
Allure of the seven seas.
Skies after sunrise.
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