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Michael John Feb 13
poems from the basement-
the past comes back to haunt
(you-me..)
i´ll get my paint box..

a look from a man-something
surreal-says lily thoughtfully..
it is death with a moustache..
it is surety-

it is a void
it has lasted 44 years..
the human visage is capable of
an astonishing variety of emotions
and communication..

what is that?
that is some act of wickedness
and the blue?
waves..
a complete lack of humanity
rides forever outward..
what´s that say?
plain clothes..

that star there is
still hope and the green
is the fresh down on
some innocent morn
we will say single or
return..
Michael John Feb 12
poems from the basement*
to wake and find a stranger
standing over one-in one´s room

is an awful, awful, thing-
what is that?
that is the pirate´s cat..

see the emerald eye?!
pleading for clemency
but the magistrate´s doom-

foreshadow-a black satin
placed on the crown
i roared..
*bon chance..!
Michael John Feb 12
poems from the basement:
a look of compassion off of a wait
er-what is that about..?

lily works on a water colour:
-a pirates day in court..
you know that expression:

the blood runs cold..mine,
was liken to the artic wastes..
i had ordered a demi-tasse

and sat in the gallic sunshine
enjoying the peaceful morning
birds sang..

ii

in france?!
early spring, gorgeous..
red and blue..

the skull and crossbones
transfixed
a shock of white..
Michael John Feb 11
poems from the basement:
she looks over my shoulder
how we remember it (or
paranoid nonsense..)

i know hardly original is
it-hanging in the balance
(walk that way-)
a single or return..?

there, the ticket master
not normally
so emotional..
will he cry-

let us see-
how much is a single?
and how much is..
a vestige of hope

behind an insect eye..
how long is an open valid
for-what about peak times
ever had any fun..

long times..well, i ceased
listening long ago but
considering his demeanor
(only doing his job..)

we regard each other
outside, trains and rain
now, he is smiling..
in this town of grey pain..
Michael John Feb 10
poems from the basement:
a fake knife in the pocket
a marble egg thrown
through the television
sniff the air and returned
go abroad..
a look from a man
a single or return
a bird warning
a look of compassion
off of a waiter
thieves at the bedside table
beautiful women
dead beggars and so on..
Michael John Feb 9
poems from the basement:
i liked to live in a tent
i would move from one beautiful

place to the next..
learn a musical instrument
by a stream

and go play in the town
get some money
meet somebody..

go to the library
go to the museum
live on the beach..
Michael John Feb 9
poems from the basement-
i stayed with a couple in the attic
once-

the police led him away in handcuffs
there were state of the art cameras
lights and dogs..

there were plain clothes and soldiers
bright lights and a thin divide
there, was his woman unsuprised..

followed, i left town
i took a bus for the country side
the air was sweet..
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