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AMAN12 2d
Once in a town with no name on the map,
Lived two odd brothers and one wild chap.
Anonymous whispered through alley and fog,
Famous lit up like a trending blog.

They shared a small house with their cousin Perilous,
Who juggled sharp truths and was slightly nefarious.
One wore a hoodie, one wore a crown,
The third wore chaos like a hand-me-down.

Anonymous vanished when doors creaked ajar,
Famous rolled in a rented sports car.
Perilous came with a suitcase of schemes,
And a grin that could haunt your dreams.

One day they argued 'who wore it best?"
Was it silence, spotlight, or cunning unrest?
Famous said, โ€œIโ€™m adored by the masses!โ€
Anonymous scoffed, โ€œTheyโ€™re shallow as glasses.โ€
Perilous laughed, โ€œYou both miss the game
I thrive in the shadows and profit from blame.โ€

The town unraveled like threads from a sleeve,
Famous turned ghost, Anonymous took his leave.

Billboards went blank, the clocks lost their sound
Perilous had rewired the town.
He scrawled on the fountain in lipstick and ash:
โ€œI left as a rumor. Returned as your flash


Now legends are told in that nameless town,
Of brothers who rose, and one who tore down.
So, if you meet someone with mystery eyes,
Check their pockets for riddles and lies.
AydanL 2d
Walking face of the sun,
brightest gold there is,

rebuilding demands,
destruction that little helper.

Shrapnel of day's dwindling,
crumbling of the moon

served, monthly, in art
shows, all
around the world.
AMAN12 2d
Wit sharp as a sword,
nerves soft as pudding.
I slice with charm,
but melt at the sound of risk.
Courage is custard
topped with bravado sprinkles
Served boiling hot
I just take a teaspoon
and let it scald.
outstanding

i do not research the words's etymology,
for it might steal it's magic from me,
you take me to different places different nights,
in shoes that hold eyes that see those sights.
that I cannot, though perhaps commonplace,
they are
out standing of my welds experience

so i, we, are voyeurs to a moment of humanity,
and i am out side, outside my body, in your visions,
out standing, near by, by words, moved by words,
composed outstandinglyโ€ฆ
and now under~standings achingly transport me to
where you have been/seenย ย 
and send us
zdebb 2d
who marked the birch
different in the skin,
and placed it at the spot
and the time to be caught
in the slanted rays of the sun,
at the tired end of day?

who brought me here
like i've been brought before,
unprepared for the gifts presented?

what is in common,
the aging of my open hands
and the leaf less birch
stark white in contrast
to the woods surrounding?

that i, in skin
stretched over bone frame,
am still and bent
and white and waiting,
grasping at the sky as the tree,
that rises beyond me,
showing me the faith of the hand
feeling the wood,
rooted and reaching,
touching the vitals of the earth rising,
ever rising to the underside of god.
zdebb 2d
faith alights,
as the egret
white beyond safety,
settles to seek food on
the edge of a drainage ditch.

obvious and beautiful,
he is where he is,
intent,
frozen in focus
rendering to the egret
what is for an egret, rendered.

that i should stand,
at the table,
this sabbath as egret beside
polluted water,
taking what nourishes,
discerning what is of god.
leaving the remainder to
his judgement.

choosing to rest within his rest,
longing to see what i have sought,
praying to learn how the egret prays.
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