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Michael John Sep 2024
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good evening ladies
and one gentleman!-
(caw..)
be careful what we

wish for, it may come
true..when young i
thought to be a millionaire
by thirty-

(the details were sketchy..)
and then through tolstoy
and the ragged trousered philantropist
was more interest..

and to the desert and the
eternal blue skies
love to discovery
i see in your faces

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something of the same
or the wisdom of nothing or
the world, chico, and everything in
it..

and if should be-a  faustian
reality
or the best for our children
what then..

do we cry-break out the
rocket launcher or
a biscuit and a cup of tea
and say, i thought so..

iii

man above everything is durable..
and, of course ,what we want most
of all-
is belief..

and this may unite us
(as it might divide-)
and where or how do
we aquire such?

argus..
temple or church
your eyes and heart
an atom in a trillion parts..

and if we knew
our reason
our existance
what then..

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if alien were to land and
explain everything-life and
death..
what then..

can´t put the ketchup
back in the bottle..
once pandora´s box is open
when we said don´t know..

v

be careful for what we
wish-fame-
most illogical
most regretable-

you don´t own me-
cored..
rejoice in the unknown
the nameless..

i thought it would be
something else
freedom but more like
a prison or platitude

or an endless donkey
no tail
a cliche..
you don´t know me..

vi

lily is begining to
babble
but ending on high-
when buk said don´t try

he was not whistling dixie--
hey thank you for having me
and may the bird in your hear
never want..t
Michael John Sep 2024
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lily, what are you doing?
she is working on her speech
for friday-(see above)..
the opening-thanks..!

thankyou!...to paraphrase
russel in american gangster
the number one fear is
not kidnap and torture

but public speaking!?today,
-i saw a rather chilling t-shirt,
on the way here-be fat
and harder to kidnap..

but i digress, be careful
for what you wish
or fear..
that is the start..

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well,that sounds a riot..
i am frightened of freezing
and staring out at the faces

light fades to light
weak at the knee
to a polite silence...
Michael John Sep 2024
what do they want from her?
(she wants to know)
her love-her underware-
fame´s crow-

i thought it would be
all different somehow
i don´t know..
an enlightenment

a star´s shadow-
but soon become a
barred window..
-a villa up the river..

ii

and then there is power
every move a micro  scope
but the big picture
fun for a monster

that´s the dope-
do you know what i pay
my lawyer?
you could feed africa..

iii

i want to give it all away!
some plastic surgeon
(look like a gudgeon-)
go beg..

dissilussion(x2)..!and
what ABOUT her
new slim volume and
her address at the woman´s

institute on friday..
she would n´t like to
disappoint them..
'careful what we wish for...'
Michael John Sep 2024
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she has a stalker?
i don´t know when does
romantic interest become

alighting a passing tree
cawing and writing love
epistles..

for a court to decide?
we live in a litigious society-
half the world is mad

and wants to be called mad
so they can sue..
what to do..

ii

words lily-life
or death
simple or not..

the first put to the sword
and replace by the
same again..
Michael John Sep 2024
so,who was at the door
she says she don´t know
but there was a note:
it says core-the crow..

(only a spoor..)
wild, the wind blows
on high dotes
just a stone throw

watches you for
love and so-
eternal motes..
(kaw!the crow..)

ii

one of her admirers
fame is at a loss
many facets

some brightly and
some darker..
she will put it with

the others..
she has given up hanging
underwear..
Michael John Sep 2024
who is there?
a bon viveur
a smiling killer..

who knows
(when we meet another..)?
an epicurean with a mad bone

stone and bereft
some celebrity chef
all in white

half a liver
a dribble of balsamic
and bloodied cleaver!

is he sick
am i sick
(just answer the effing door)

-i am hungry and naked
a shred of peacock wing
but unafraid..

ii

yes,purple, blue and greens..
if one lands on the roof
it for-tells death

a harbinger of doom
or just a man
from amazon...

iii

it is best not to over think
it happens-a knock upon the door-
shall i put my clothes on?

i get so comfortable..
burning spear!
perhaps they are gone

the morning is dancing
a cup of tea
the birds are singing..
Michael John Sep 2024
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what are we?
(that is what she wants
to know..)

identity,is the crisis,
can´t you see?
-we are the past

and future..
don´t cry,lily,
(all crimes are paid..)

are you afraid?
-dying is hard
when the sun shines

and the birds sing
happily in
the trees..

ii

there is the major
and minor
the micro and
hows your father..

eat the hamburger
and take care of each other
o officer dibble-
mandible..

iii

she is spaced as cake
(no time for hate)
running around in her
docs alone..

a knock upon the door
stops her dead
who is there
fear unkown..
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