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Michael John Mar 13
no,relationships are as numerous
as the numbers-take michael and john
for example..

endlessly fascinating as all
or just in passing-primal
for the intelectual..
Michael John Mar 13
i
i

writing has become such a pleasure
i never imagined
a passage to reality or the end
of a dream

it can be anything spontaneous
or a thought lost-like that-
carefully structured
to the stars

it can be bad or even good
love or war
an air guitar
a telephone calls-

ii

hello,are you mad at
me?
(i am always mad at her..

tension is our meat and
potatoes-
what could it be...

relationships are difficult
redemption and guilt
guilt and redemption..

will we ever be free..)
i smoked the last of the grass
you were saving-i found it

in your pocket..
i am sorry-in crime and punishment
r. slaughters two old ladies

but his punishment is not a few years
in siberia but his base transgression of morality..
his guilt the depths of hell..

through the love of sonja and confession
there is redemption-not to mention
god..

iii

in love there is forgivness-
but what of the dead..
where is justice?

we are all sorry
in the end
found it..?
Michael John Mar 12
relationships are difficult
we stand on one leg in the desert
and worship the sun

for good reason..
we stay 20 years behind bars
for burning toast

for the first kiss..
for an illusive hand
and for fun..
Michael John Mar 12
relationships are difficult
baggage being an operative
word

time, is another for you young
-it is only a question of
time-before you see them

and say mother father brother
distant cousin-
stan the diceman..
Michael John Mar 12
relationships are difficult
they begin ok
but some skip that
and become trade

wars and memory-
****** comparisons
psychological spat
quite quickly..

and then for you
young ones-twenty years on
you get to wondering-
what happened..
Michael John Mar 11
silence is bewitching
in the right hands
lily grins

it predates rain
and the tears that run
higgledy-piggledy

down her chin
how to say sorry
when it is all your fault?
Michael John Mar 8
identity

look into
your mind
what will you find
something mean
something kind

some concrete
symbolic sign
some chattering teeth
an endless line
stretching to
infinity..

doobie hubris scroll
spider webs..me..
o i was wondering where that
got too..
vinegar or wine
some ancient hyroglyphic
for time..

look into your mind
a melody
that will not go away..
some fine sentiment-
a crutch a touch
the sun sets
plop!

have a look
some books
the odd cluck and
i mean odd
something too laugh
about-success
and failure..

what they told you as a child
i say blimey..
ambition..tradition to
**** a wren-
aliens and divers monster
uncle stan the dice man..

ii

that was then this is now
fear like some exotic twine
tie them together
what is in my mind-
(a ten per center..)
a little voice that i sometime hear
and sometimes ignore-

and sometimes say o dear
like a lazy lion-
looking out of my bars
upon the stifling plain
in the lonesome jungle
it says in a falsetto-
do  you remember..

and what if it all accrue
sigh-what if momento gathers
like a  runaway ooo
what if the variables go poo!
hey,we are out of here
and the inevitable is so-two
and two equals four..

run out of spine
a single line-
ah,the emperors new clothes
more and more the draught
has become  storm and room 101
is the generation game-
nice to see you..

what if i run out of stars
and fear the reaper or worse
a poet´s curse-
getting what they wants
there is little left
but that is the known universe
love is bereft
to a purse..
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