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It’s late April
spring is in full swing
bursting with life
the tree lifts its arms,
waves across the field,
its leaves full of light
flutter in perfect rhythm
with the wind.

The train is leaving the station
the years gathering toward my finish line.
Each season a child frantically
waving at his grandpa
as if to whimper
this might be the last time.
There's nowhere safe
   painless and pure
   there is no perfection
   we're rats in the sewer
   we eat our children
   their innocent dreams
   elites strike a match
   we die in our screams.
 Mar 2022 Bobby Copeland
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Nanny, I will see you on Sunday
Palm to palm, washed. Surrounded by venetian pink walls

Rose Du Barry pink sink?
Greener shabby scalloped teacups

Earl Grey
Sweet

Malty
Much too much sugar

Diminished flavor palate
Sharp mind

Bergamot
Intensely cutting flavor

Please, dance with me in Italy.
My love is ethereal, unknown.
Magical, but true.
Genderless and fathomless;
my one and only you.
Androgynous because
It doesn't matter what's outside.
Love lies between the spirit and the mind.
Oh may your heart be blessed to feel the waters of starlight;
or live among a quality of crows, a lonesome night.
Red sails.
Sing me sad songs of you.
The Sea. Deepening shades of blue.
Charting my course by winking starlight.
I'm just a stranger out here in the night.
Red sails, promise me love is true.

Daybreak.
Here comes the shining sun.
Blinds me, but fills you with strength and fun.
I've spent a lifetime out in the cold.
I've never known warmth, I've only been told.
Daybreak, to my love, let me run.

Twilight.
I've come full circle now.
Always, hope comes across my bow.
No matter how dark the waters may be;
I'll follow the ways of Love's star-crossed seas.
Twilight. May my dreams you allow.
In the battleground...
He battles to win a bread,
For his loving child'...!
Battleground refers to the struggles of life...
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