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Michael John May 2023
i

the sky is an absurd
my soul a bird
the sun a third-

opus south!
twig in mouth-
moon out!

flap our wings!
from small things
across the seas

whispered and cry
onward!
from old

to old to
old
o small red

eye
fly
i..

ii

when the geese pass
over
touch our hearts
by their gentle cries-
some magical
genre

leave us
speechless..
our whispered exchanges
some days
later..

iii

did you hear the geese?
(if you please)
when it was?

i don´t know..
time has shadowed
to  n. to s..?

iv

the sky is absurd
reflecting us-
we are to live

on mars?
during covid
what isolation did-

how the birds laugh
if they knew
which they do..
Michael John May 2023
lily stomps the dust
like a warrior
in one lacy mitt
last nights bier

and in her other
her latest creation-
the ladies of lust
a face on-

little boxes of raw
by the merciless lit
lone the simple seer
in a wasted aeon-

she strides the cusp
of peace and war
rouses to a hit
and lights to land

turned a page
a wild hand
-the flowers of rust
burn like straws

in the hate
garden
the waxing and waning
sweet darlings

on a still morning
what then
the air tor!
listen and kiss..

ii)

the surreal holds
little appeal
for some-
i like a dream and
i like it
real..

a thin line between
pretentious *******
and genius
a **** or a bells
peal..
Michael John May 2023
the tyranny of a blank
domino
my love has gone
or the sun
so..
Michael John May 2023
the tyranny of a blank
domino
same to go
same for all..
Michael John May 2023
the tyranny of a blank
domino
3mm of head
an egg in vinegar
closing down time..
Michael John May 2023
in the spring, d´accord,
is creation!
some ******-dee of
the written word or

some muse in love-
the old sap rising..!
a touch of the ancient
bumble-bee

in the brain-
a fused sword falling
blood like pain
o held the sight..
Michael John May 2023
as a child i had my toys,
as an adolescent a comb,
as a teenager nothing,
in my twenties a guitar

a bag and a walkman..
in my thirties an old ambulance,
in middle age more of the same..
now, i am 63,books, etc..
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