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 May 2015 Simpleton
CapsLock
Like a fog that blinds,
her smile dazzles you.
Like a chain that binds
her eyes imprison you.

She's a work of art.
She's such a hard worker.
She could break my heart
and she's mine all mine.

The longest dark hair
and her curvy features.
Plus two small hands
that make cute gestures.

She's a work of art.
She's such a hard worker.
She could break my heart
and she's mine all mine.
 May 2015 Simpleton
Mike Hauser
Before there was you

There was no need for my love poems
The Robin had no song
There were far less rights than there were wrongs

Before there was you

The sun didn't shine as bright
The morning couldn't escape the night
What I lost I had no reason to find

Before there was you

All my colors were always blue
The old never brought on the new
There was nothing left with nothing left to do

Before there was you

Church bells they seldom rang
Never was there an inner child at play
Never was there a day

Before there was you
 May 2015 Simpleton
ryn
Listen
 May 2015 Simpleton
ryn
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••••••••
••••••••••••••••
sound of running puddles•
listen...to the          as they make
window pane•             their way out
   pelting my                         of stagnant
       the rain•                    troubles•listen
            sound of                  ...to the calm
                   ...to the                calling of
               listen                     the moist
            •                          breeze•as it
                 whispers its hopeful
        promises and decrees• 
listen...to the chaos in
   my heart •  heals it-    
self everyday  be-    
fore again it gets    
torn apart      
••••
        

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 May 2015 Simpleton
irinia
"I don't care if I don't look pretty
Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking"*

They wouldn’t let me cry, they could have felt the tender lies decomposing.  But this pain knows nothing of the theft of day, of how lemon tastes for you, of predicaments of truth.( The arrow of meaning goes backwards and forwards when it doesn’t get stuck.) Silence is nailed against every word. This old story: they are speaking in the corners: look at her. But this is not a poetic novela if you care to know, only misery exposed. This vital flaw of violins, of not being composed.  Not everybody knows to transmute pain into a bridge of light. Like Jarrett did. This pain doesn’t need words, images, metaphors, brutal as it is, like a mating season. The echo rests in stone.  This pain is a wall breaker. The taboo of words. I won’t say more. I would let myself live inside this large momentum, this much I can save for today. The magnitude of tears takes me there, so close to the one I love.
 May 2015 Simpleton
Mike Hauser
Every night and every day
I pray life goes your way
As all your dreams come true
For you

With the die that has been cast
May good fortune fall in your lap
And may every day be new
For you

Let every single photograph
Bring on that joy of your past
And may it's beauty hold true
For you

All of this and more
Is my hope of yours
For you
Yes, for you
 May 2015 Simpleton
ryn
Beacon
 May 2015 Simpleton
ryn
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you are
|the lone guardian•|
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standing regal over-
looking the ocean •
as your light spears
far over the echoing
ripples•i must have
misread your beckon
-ing signals•they had
warned me of impen-
ding doom •  should i
come too near to where
deadly rocks loom• but
strangely enough, i find
myself drawn   so much
closer• like a siren's call
that  could not  sing any
sweeter•now it's too late
to even look back  •   i am
now before you under skies
of black•torn asunder by the
ravenous rocks hidden below
• still I'm mesmerised by your
enchanting glow  • waters here
have been the      grave of many
hulls and bows • but...these last
few moments it's just me and you
••••as my love, my beacon,••••
••••••••my lighthouse••••••••
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