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*Supreme Love, Through a land of barren fields, leads to a nourishing tree, that rhythms in the wind like a heart of bleeding green. There, you will find me, prostrating in its lingering boughs, gazing into your sky with smiles of Eros. A nightgown of innocence awaits you in the lotus, falling amongst the constellations of my parallel.* ©Copyright 2007 Written and Edited by Racquel Davis
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Jul 31, 2014
Jul 31, 2014 at 1:49 PM UTC
Spirit's Epistle
Conversation opened. 1 read message. Skip to content Using Gmail with screen readers in:sent Click here to enable desktop notifications for Gmail.   Learn more  Hide 1 of 184 QUIVER ALL-MAXIMIZING SAMUEL DAVID <[email protected]> 3:38 AM (56 minutes ago) to Daniel SOAR OWNERSHIP / UTTERANCES OUTLABOURED  PILGRIMS/ By the creditor at cyprus  and on other grounds: The counter-cedar Venice much unparalleled ever pursuant  kindly indigenous street streams far above strange beneath  the string ...' Dream castle before the 'Requiring much quill 'Peanut lieutenant great  ones of the machinery  citation /  Worth  pillow following purposes invasion with a rainfall bombardment epistle the pearl earning era:   Closet  by sessions pursue arithmetician diaries ' anchor calculus cumulative arrows propellant / Squadron in the field-refueling ' division visions ...' Upswing within the meaning axle conversion processes proofs /  ' Electron icons ' Creation wireless reticence circles:  Moon ship's  amnesty crest reckon  'flaskbone SpurZebra...'  Preferment goes by relieves and affectionate 'Oil The Self-graduation  Outpouring  / Vagrant above ant strides : Rodrigo peculiar ends demonstration/ Forego  the-Outward acclimation :   Upon all civility citizenry civil-rises other low less  losses below yonder / Phrase of prose -possessions  cuss ion syn chronicutensils  'asylum  systems  beyond stems : Preeminence blown 'being ht-thence quarries  hijack travels  history/Wherein of plant  hours ' spicily spoke *****  Pilgrimage dilutes noble companies  'ago-maximize promptly  alacrity;  Exhibition the underrating  besought levels- of quarry / burden oxidation immune  slaughter Cheap Hill Chips EMAIL: [email protected] +2348131914240 Click here to Reply or Forward 0.04 GB (0%) of 15 GB used Manage Terms - Privacy Last account activity: 49 minutes ago Details
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Jun 11, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 at 7:44 AM UTC
PEARL 'TRINITY ERRANDS
Conversation opened. 1 read message. Skip to content Using Gmail with screen readers in:sent Click here to enable desktop notifications for Gmail.   Learn more  Hide 1 of 184 QUIVER ALL-MAXIMIZING SAMUEL DAVID <[email protected]> 3:38 AM (56 minutes ago) to Daniel SOAR OWNERSHIP / UTTERANCES OUTLABOURED  PILGRIMS/ By the creditor at cyprus  and on other grounds: The counter-cedar Venice much unparalleled ever pursuant  kindly indigenous street streams far above strange beneath  the string ...' Dream castle before the 'Requiring much quill 'Peanut lieutenant great  ones of the machinery  citation /  Worth  pillow following purposes invasion with a rainfall bombardment epistle the pearl earning era:   Closet  by sessions pursue arithmetician diaries ' anchor calculus cumulative arrows propellant / Squadron in the field-refueling ' division visions ...' Upswing within the meaning axle conversion processes proofs /  ' Electron icons ' Creation wireless reticence circles:  Moon ship's  amnesty crest reckon  'flaskbone SpurZebra...'  Preferment goes by relieves and affectionate 'Oil The Self-graduation  Outpouring  / Vagrant above ant strides : Rodrigo peculiar ends demonstration/ Forego  the-Outward acclimation :   Upon all civility citizenry civil-rises other low less  losses below yonder / Phrase of prose -possessions  cuss ion syn chronicutensils  'asylum  systems  beyond stems : Preeminence blown 'being ht-thence quarries  hijack travels  history/Wherein of plant  hours ' spicily spoke *****  Pilgrimage dilutes noble companies  'ago-maximize promptly  alacrity;  Exhibition the underrating  besought levels- of quarry / burden oxidation immune  slaughter Cheap Hill Chips EMAIL: [email protected] +2348131914240 Click here to Reply or Forward 0.04 GB (0%) of 15 GB used Manage Terms - Privacy Last account activity: 49 minutes ago Details
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Morning Rainbow Myriad prismatic crystals,      refract the morning sun-streams - painting layers of spectral arches      across the misted horizon. Eyes turned to the western skies,      we suspend our meteorological selves   acquiescing to miracles unveiled before us -      un-beckoned and scarcely earned, proffering thanks for the radiant epistle      of healing, hope and promise, artfully encoded in transfigured light. Synthetic Refractions A luminary ballet takes center stage     when synthetic refractors come to play: crystal pendants bathe our foyers       with dazzling swaths of color. Hazy coronas encircle streetlamps       discovered by headlights through the fog. A science class prism slices light rays      into pre-ordered spectral strata. If the sky denies us a rainbow,      we can always fashion one of our own and we do! Spectral Sound Before there was music,      bird songs brushed our souls and the murmur of woodland streams      held us captive by their banks. Soon we learned to sing and tint the air     With prisms of wood and wire and metal and to color soundscapes in our spirits      With songs of wonder, joy and longing. Before there was music,      bird songs brushed our souls. Robert Charles Howard, 2019
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Feb 25, 2019
Feb 25, 2019 at 1:14 PM UTC
Prisms
Similiter et omnes revereantur Diaconos, ut mandatum Jesu Christi; et Episcopum, ut Jesum Christum, existentem filium Patris; Presbyteros autem, ut concilium Dei et conjunctionem Apostolorum. Sine his Ecclesia non vocatur; de quibus suadeo vos sic habeo. S. Ignatii Ad Trallianos. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. The broad-backed hippopotamus Rests on his belly in the mud; Although he seems so firm to us He is merely flesh and blood. Flesh and blood is weak and frail, Susceptible to nervous shock; While the True Church can never fail For it is based upon a rock. The hippo’s feeble steps may err In compassing material ends, While the True Church need never stir To gather in its dividends. The ‘potamus can never reach The mango on the mango-tree; But fruits of pomegranate and peach Refresh the Church from over sea. At mating time the hippo’s voice Betrays inflexions hoarse and odd, But every week we hear rejoice The Church, at being one with God. The hippopotamus’s day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way— The Church can sleep and feed at once. I saw the ‘potamus take wing Ascending from the damp savannas, And quiring angels round him sing The praise of God, in loud hosannas. Blood of the Lamb shall wash him clean And him shall heavenly arms enfold, Among the saints he shall be seen Performing on a harp of gold. He shall be washed as white as snow, By all the martyr’d virgins kist, While the True Church remains below Wrapt in the old miasmal mist.
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The Hippopotamus
Similiter et omnes revereantur Diaconos, ut mandatum Jesu Christi; et Episcopum, ut Jesum Christum, existentem filium Patris; Presbyteros autem, ut concilium Dei et conjunctionem Apostolorum. Sine his Ecclesia non vocatur; de quibus suadeo vos sic habeo. S. Ignatii Ad Trallianos. And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. The broad-backed hippopotamus Rests on his belly in the mud; Although he seems so firm to us He is merely flesh and blood. Flesh and blood is weak and frail, Susceptible to nervous shock; While the True Church can never fail For it is based upon a rock. The hippo’s feeble steps may err In compassing material ends, While the True Church need never stir To gather in its dividends. The ‘potamus can never reach The mango on the mango-tree; But fruits of pomegranate and peach Refresh the Church from over sea. At mating time the hippo’s voice Betrays inflexions hoarse and odd, But every week we hear rejoice The Church, at being one with God. The hippopotamus’s day Is passed in sleep; at night he hunts; God works in a mysterious way— The Church can sleep and feed at once. I saw the ‘potamus take wing Ascending from the damp savannas, And quiring angels round him sing The praise of God, in loud hosannas. Blood of the Lamb shall wash him clean And him shall heavenly arms enfold, Among the saints he shall be seen Performing on a harp of gold. He shall be washed as white as snow, By all the martyr’d virgins kist, While the True Church remains below Wrapt in the old miasmal mist.
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I have a purple heart I used to have so many strings attached I was the marionette, and you were the master And slowly, you got your strings around my heart I never saw you, thread in hand, approach me with such deceit As you started to pull my new heart strings I felt the aches as you slammed my heart against the locked door A cell of bones and blood there to protect from an attack like this Now trapped from within and unable to escape The strings keep pulling and the aches never dull I took it for a long while thinking this was affection But effective protection would have expelled this spell from hell Cast out witches! Burn them like they did in Salem It’s what they deserve for the worth that they earned I cast you down with stones in hand Cut my heart strings thinking I would be free After 16 months, I took a look inside my chest My heart was gone – replaced by a smooth river stone I saw the runaways note addressed to me It said; "Hey, I liked those strings. I worked so hard on them. It took me the whole 22 years we have been traveling together to create. After all, what do you know of love? You just cut away the ties you had to me. So I’m sorry, I have to go. That woman always cared about us, cared about me. And you cast her into the flames of indifference." The epistle was signed with a purple heart So I got my purple heart From the heart that quit it’s job I held the letter and began to sob The tears smudged the ink and the letters ran together I saw in the river of words a “P.S.” "PS – I told you about this girl. The one you never talked to because you didn’t have the courage. I told you she was the only one I could care for." I have a purple heart And I have no heart at all A girl took it, without ever knowing
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Sep 27, 2012
Sep 27, 2012 at 12:17 AM UTC
I Have a Purple Heart
I have a purple heart I used to have so many strings attached I was the marionette, and you were the master And slowly, you got your strings around my heart I never saw you, thread in hand, approach me with such deceit As you started to pull my new heart strings I felt the aches as you slammed my heart against the locked door A cell of bones and blood there to protect from an attack like this Now trapped from within and unable to escape The strings keep pulling and the aches never dull I took it for a long while thinking this was affection But effective protection would have expelled this spell from hell Cast out witches! Burn them like they did in Salem It’s what they deserve for the worth that they earned I cast you down with stones in hand Cut my heart strings thinking I would be free After 16 months, I took a look inside my chest My heart was gone – replaced by a smooth river stone I saw the runaways note addressed to me It said; "Hey, I liked those strings. I worked so hard on them. It took me the whole 22 years we have been traveling together to create. After all, what do you know of love? You just cut away the ties you had to me. So I’m sorry, I have to go. That woman always cared about us, cared about me. And you cast her into the flames of indifference." The epistle was signed with a purple heart So I got my purple heart From the heart that quit it’s job I held the letter and began to sob The tears smudged the ink and the letters ran together I saw in the river of words a “P.S.” "PS – I told you about this girl. The one you never talked to because you didn’t have the courage. I told you she was the only one I could care for." I have a purple heart And I have no heart at all A girl took it, without ever knowing
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Post-truth. Post-satire. Monsters celebrated as saviours. Wide-open, screaming ****** committed during every ad break. A dynamic new plan to power the national grid using snake oil. Hosts of remote-controlled, cybernetic angels raining down weapons-grade holy fire. Eternal peace declared between Eurasia and Eastasia. The trenches full up with poetic corpses. *** doll mouths breaking bad news to the bereaved. The orgiastic scarification of our own democracies. Blood sacrifices to the Black Friday Gods. The enactment of nursery rhyme into law. The Disneyfication of the human heart. Love only as legislated. Hate as currency and everyone a broker. Strange, reptile creatures ballroom dancing through the sludge-filled annals of imminent history. Endless war between Eastasia and Eurasia. A thousand candles lit in memory to all the moths that burnt to death.
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Nov 28, 2016
Nov 28, 2016 at 1:37 PM UTC
November Epistle
Twinkle, twinkle, GOP Scaring hell right out of me. Platforms aren’t worth a crap I’d like to give your face a slap. All your antics have grown old And your twinkle’s not from gold. Twinkle tinsel seems to me Not of diamond quality. None is precious metal grade. Fake as promises you made. Hating is your stock in trade. Embezzlement the game you played. Missile epistle, you love war. You forgot what we are for. We were formed to protect Not hanging nooses around necks. Freedom was the reason why Not to make foreigners die. Swindle, chisel is your game. Set the economy aflame. Locking down the government. We knew bigotry was meant. Voters have begun to see Your ranks filled with villainy. Sizzle, melting is our wish Just like Oz’s ugly witch. That would be a perfect end; Nothing but a smudge to tend, Thirty years from now when we Have repaired your bastardy.
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Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015 at 2:43 PM UTC
TWINKLE, TWINKLE, GOP
I've said in an epistle before: Is there life on mars? We're leaning towards the yes Mostly in hope that we're not living on the only polka-dot With a handful of microbes crawling on it Slithering around But that kind of presumption is of course A space fallacy To life, I think of you when I hold an apple Remembering how you might be on Mars Again, a space fallacy The apple's not crawling with worms
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Oct 3, 2014
Oct 3, 2014 at 5:05 PM UTC
2001: A Space Fallacy
All the worst things in life Start with a: A-social A-theist A-sexual. A-bominations to be corrected, but, And although, in the hands of a body The blame must go Tight-gripped and freely clasped A smile hangs like a necklace. For, they ask, what grows, On what shore that glance a thirsting road Where no artisan of wells Lets run his craft Burst with life? What vines may couple, transect dead veins Still in a bed of salt But dead and grey shades of the true? None, It would seem, can carry the sweet Of fertile seeds along the water’s edge It is but passing as its plumpness Withers and drops Apart, epistle, a dogma. This vampiric little heart takes no form In Narcissus’ pool it does not Glisten in the waters calm Despite the furious mouth And, gone, lost of all that made it whole. I go back to the source of the Grey valley flume Unknown to impetus, Cannot find its way in the endless roads And paths in the sun-baked skin, The wind may blow salt in my eyes though The music of its basin fills my ears: Waves breaking and pressing On soft earthen lines, scrap-book memories Faded at the edges like Polaroids Unfold from the waves of purity In the sand of an empty shore. I peer idly into the glimmering stream No red heart beating, But a grey heart; one simply searching, pining For a grey love to begin And the world that I know They belong in.
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Aug 14, 2014
Aug 14, 2014 at 8:27 AM UTC
Exploration of the Grey
My dearest Rocky, You were too old. Too old to chase after that mischief of mice. But you were not to be halted. And in return, Hind legs destroyed. Cut up and sewn together In crisscross fashion. Once a lazy ******* Then a lethargic moribund mutt. (But still a ******* On your last leg, (or two) in a literal sense. You dumb dog. You balding, simple-minded scoundrel. Christmas came and Christmas went. A feast of elegance at your disposal. Any indulgence you desired. We bequeathed, as a last goodbye. Brisket, frozen cream, pastries and more. Up until the day, our eyes became sore. One last car ride- One last roar. One last breeze through your jowls. Your clacking stomps and palsy-walsy howls, Echo even now when I walk through the door. Now silent and still, turned to ash and dust I hope you’re herding that memory of elephants, And leading that pride of lions, In your infinite dream. And remembering those who you brought joy. But especially, The one who carried you Upstairs to bed Every night. I love you still, and always will. Good boy, ******* good boy.
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Feb 18, 2016
Feb 18, 2016 at 11:52 AM UTC
An Epistle to my Beagle
i. In her silhouettes lee, I'm unscathed, unslaved, Sheltered, free; tis she's mine sea, who guideth me. Lief i'll cradle her, protectively, lief i'll be the breath she breathes, lief O' lief; serenity. ii. In her presence I shalt bathe in her scintillating albedineity, plenty O' plenty, shalt be in ourn Cup; risen enduring creation's, just ourn love Is enough, verily, verily, accumulating puff's. iii. Puff's of the holiness, surrounding ourn locus, famigerating through the valley's; wherein we Giveth epistle's for men's focus, that charity, Forgiveness, and untainted Agápe, mayest be a missive; for all humankind to copy. ©Brandon Nagley ©Lonesome Poet's poetry ©Earl Jane Nagley ( àgapi mou) dedication
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Apr 29, 2016
Apr 29, 2016 at 2:45 PM UTC
Charity, forgiveness, and untainted Agápe; mayest be a missive for humankind to copy
strange professions and true confessions from a lockdown town (4/17/20) ————————————————————————————-————- not a great idea, in the not-yet-dawn, to write a poem entitled strange professions, true confessions dried stains of prior leakings upon old ‘n yellowed linoleum, no need for more friends, for sure, for sure, that’s the smart play you see! right there I’m professing age old wisdom, confessing my sorry face is well acquainted with floor coverings, where even the soles of my shoes won’t admit they been polluted, having stepped in rooms of low and ill repute, those them there, right in here poetry writing sites where there ain’t no guideposts, reminding what’s in the heart pretend stays in Vegas, but what the heck, since I’m here already, might as well, ready go and spill, things you don’t need to know but... help the time pass in this lockdown town, where total silence is the loudest sound around wine, empty beery bottles, bad rhymes give me up, just before I start a hey look! it’s a brand new sunny rain afternoon the governor pronounced we all gotta be masked, 24/7 inside and out, the women complain that it musses hair, the men say, who me? nah, got nothing to say about that, We, don’t make no con-cessions... when you can’t see my lips moving, or my one good eye be winking, means it’s likely that I’m lying they say, I’m going stir crazy, not me says he, unlike  some guy who wanted to blow up the Alice-in Wonderland statue in Central Park, hell, u could look it up! guess I coulda call this here epistle, official “Lockdown Blues,” but I jes heard gotta stay inside till June Seventeen that’s the good news, plenty o’time to set my affairs in order, burn the poems nobody needs seeing, those them there with weirdness galore, say no more, you can whine, it’s fine, no caring, no hearing, past way the point, where running or returning is an option viable for nut jobs them, with strange professions and true confessions...
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May 19, 2020
May 19, 2020 at 4:56 PM UTC
strange professions and true confessions from a lockdown town
strange professions and true confessions from a lockdown town (4/17/20) ————————————————————————————-————- not a great idea, in the not-yet-dawn, to write a poem entitled strange professions, true confessions dried stains of prior leakings upon old ‘n yellowed linoleum, no need for more friends, for sure, for sure, that’s the smart play you see! right there I’m professing age old wisdom, confessing my sorry face is well acquainted with floor coverings, where even the soles of my shoes won’t admit they been polluted, having stepped in rooms of low and ill repute, those them there, right in here poetry writing sites where there ain’t no guideposts, reminding what’s in the heart pretend stays in Vegas, but what the heck, since I’m here already, might as well, ready go and spill, things you don’t need to know but... help the time pass in this lockdown town, where total silence is the loudest sound around wine, empty beery bottles, bad rhymes give me up, just before I start a hey look! it’s a brand new sunny rain afternoon the governor pronounced we all gotta be masked, 24/7 inside and out, the women complain that it musses hair, the men say, who me? nah, got nothing to say about that, We, don’t make no con-cessions... when you can’t see my lips moving, or my one good eye be winking, means it’s likely that I’m lying they say, I’m going stir crazy, not me says he, unlike  some guy who wanted to blow up the Alice-in Wonderland statue in Central Park, hell, u could look it up! guess I coulda call this here epistle, official “Lockdown Blues,” but I jes heard gotta stay inside till June Seventeen that’s the good news, plenty o’time to set my affairs in order, burn the poems nobody needs seeing, those them there with weirdness galore, say no more, you can whine, it’s fine, no caring, no hearing, past way the point, where running or returning is an option viable for nut jobs them, with strange professions and true confessions...
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I left my bedlamp on last night by accident because I fell asleep writing to you. When I woke up this morning, I was alone, with the light on, and a blank page in front of me. I looked and looked and looked Past the pages we'd scribbled on Our hopeless little lies and Bed-ridden nothings that never got any better That never did any favors, and never sought Solutions for problems and shortcomings on days like the Ones I'd missed where you were happy and you Smiled like you meant it with Grinning teeth across rosy cheeks with scarlet lips. Every marbled, mangled, marveled page stripped and torn With its own story to tell of another Time we had that slipped away, right past us. I found the last page you left me, Creased and folded, waiting to be found: "I'm sorry about this, and about last night And for every night, actually. Don't forget that I'll always love you, And I'm sorry."
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May 1, 2011
May 1, 2011 at 1:06 AM UTC
Epistle
And thus, from his spaceship, the spaceman heads off Surrounding him nothing but stardust and sun He just told ground control that he had a cough From that day on, he was only with one Years had passed with no sign of him The ground control declared him dead But among the inky void he swims As he was all but one step ahead Two figures, both wearing white, came close Their silky gowns flowing like words in a book He stared, he boggled, he had seen worse All they did was give him a calming look Ground control received an epistle soon Startled look as they saw the ink in blue A few scribbles of stars surrounded the words: "I'm happy, hope you're happy too."
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Aug 30, 2014
Aug 30, 2014 at 12:21 AM UTC
Major Tom
... So now it's been twelve years... Do you still live?  We were torn from each other. Can you still feel the constrictions of your heart With every memory brought back to life? And, sometimes, is the past so real, that you can breathe the very air we breathed - and feel my skin beneath your fingertips..? In my world there is none replacing you Though I have kept my paper dolls for comfort's sake My cool resolve is straining. I can still feel the cool coarse texture of your hair -and long again for innocence. Will I carry  you in my heart unto my last days Never knowing what was lost? This forever unrequited love plays like a tragedy. Shall we never know our hearts again? Shall I always dream and awaken empty -you in your world, -I in mine? How shall we counsel our children- love our mates? Are humans never to be allowed perfect love, But forced to part and seek our surrogates? I wish for you what I have not: Conjugal bliss and total amnesia to past perfection, Renewal of hope - for only that which is attainable - and gentle sleep without dreams.
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May 26, 2010
May 26, 2010 at 10:58 AM UTC
Epistle to Paul
in the basement where we keep our little gravities- apparently the earth gave way and hell announced a cavity. allow for strange attractors to collapse before they're intimate. and never take the stairs until you've locked the room beneath it. according to the rule there may be echoes from the chamber a misery of wraiths or a raven in the manger. or a hackle of contempt the very air, a shrike of drone. an epistle from a hornet's nest- at the back of our throats. in the very, very quiet where we keep our little maladies- apparently the basement is as good a place as enmity. allow for cain and abel and perhaps you have the half of it, swinging from a hook in every room we've heard it laughing in. according to the rule there may be black so black it's blackening and everywhere the hoards of wane dispel the moon because.
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Sep 19, 2011
Sep 19, 2011 at 5:24 AM UTC
in the basement where we keep our little gravities
in the basement where we keep our little gravities- apparently the earth gave way and hell announced a cavity. allow for strange attractors to collapse before they're intimate. and never take the stairs until you've locked the room beneath it. according to the rule there may be echoes from the chamber a misery of wraiths or a raven in the manger. or a hackle of contempt the very air, a shrike of drone. an epistle from a hornet's nest- at the back of our throats. in the very, very quiet where we keep our little maladies- apparently the basement is as good a place as enmity. allow for cain and abel and perhaps you have the half of it, swinging from a hook in every room we've heard it laughing in. according to the rule there may be black so black it's blackening and everywhere the hoards of wane dispel the moon because.
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May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013 at 3:19 AM UTC
In The Basement Where We Keep Our Little Gravities
why did you leave without talking to me I had to hunt you down in the cyber world, like some new age cop in search of a common thief the cancer took you they said you fought well and did not let the demons of drink torment you in your final days they, those who shared your space at the end, had names on their doors next to yours but I was with you at the dawn of man when we sailed dream ships through seas of sirens did you not want me there while you spoke your last words while the old dreams spilled through the soundless air I could have caught them before they landed on the ground, before others trampled on them because they did not know they were there did our time, our few moments together in this long liquid languid maddening minute, mean nothing to you why did you leave without talking to me I would have listened, even if you said not a word
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Dec 21, 2012
Dec 21, 2012 at 3:02 PM UTC
a posthumous epistle to Danny Ray, 1951-2011
My heart is soft today Thinking of the suffering Of all those who are near And those who are far The known and unknown Living beings everywhere in pain - in their body and mind Deep within in their souls in any kind of tears fears, trauma, heartache I raise my eyes to heaven Pray for light to surround them The fragrance of love Succor, consolation, respite Now and forever more
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Jul 19, 2018
Jul 19, 2018 at 11:49 PM UTC
Epistle to Heaven
she sits by her window to write, ever fond of the morning light; not a day passes when she fails to pen an epistle to him she envisions him pulling the missives from his saddle bags perusing them a second time, a third, admiring her chancery cursive a year now since she saw him: steady on his steed, his regiment waiting, eager to join the fray, to ride north under his proud command perhaps at eventide, she will write another letter, in case she forgot anything she intended to say this morn, or just to reach out again before the setting of the sun a cloud passes as she signs her name, another as she folds the paper; soon it seems, a gathering storm--she places the letter in the envelope, its traveling home she turns the candle to pour the wax, then presses the seal; another story from her to him ready for its long journey the stroll from her room to the mantel in the parlor to the pile of paper that grows higher above the hearth a cold cavern of late, for without him, she eschews all things warm--for she knows he must be freezing in the cruel ground where he fell (Spartanburg, South Carolina, Winter, 1863)
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Apr 10, 2017
Apr 10, 2017 at 6:57 PM UTC
the waning light
in the basement where we keep our little gravities- apparently the earth gave way and hell announced a cavity. allow for strange attractors to collapse before they're intimate. and never take the stairs until you've locked the room beneath it. according to the rule there may be echoes from the chamber a misery of wraiths or a raven in the manger. or a hackle of contempt the very air, a shrike of drone. an epistle from a hornet's nest- at the back of our throats. in the very, very quiet where we keep our little maladies- apparently the basement is as good a place as enmity. allow for cain and abel and perhaps you have the half of it, swinging from a hook in every room we've heard it laughing in. according to the rule there may be black so black it's blackening and everywhere the hoards of wane dispel the moon because.
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Oct 6, 2012
Oct 6, 2012 at 3:53 PM UTC
in the basement where we keep our little gravities
Will anyone look for that One Alone? When this book on loan has been returned to the Library of Lamps as all its oil is burned? When the waves retreating have finished erasing the messages I whispered those etched with sobs unhindered on the sands seemingly numbed on the seashore of your heart succumbed? Will anybody wonder what’s going on? The nameplate’s gone on the face of the closed door of that room on the upper floor that a while ago was Altar of Magnum Opus of the tiring writer’s stylus and Tabernacle of a cramped leg muscle of that voice that preached Darwin’s epistle. The gong’s now muted Just yesterday it was calling unrelented upon fellow believers demented The sun now starts to peep As stars bid goodnight to sleep The frail shadow shall lay down, no scent of frankincense in the tomb of forgotten replies, with reminiscence - of a hundred “wait till tomorrow” in any sense, a thousand “just a minute” in any tense “see yah later”, for a thousand “Whens?” “soon . . .”,  and now just silence . . . Life leaves a million lessons. and yes, I, we, will always remember . . .
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Jan 2, 2018
Jan 2, 2018 at 3:29 AM UTC
Silently Remembering
Dear Louise, At 2:30 AM after two hours of sleep I feel I am looking through a keyhole and reality is sneaking up from behind to give me a much needed kick in the ***** Somehow, I have fallen into a hole so deep I can't climb out. The arena of death destroys the illusion of safety and at some point the naked heart cannot recover. Everything seems after the fact. Everything is after the fact. You can't change anything after a split second ago. I feel a curious desire to do the right thing, but there are not enough right things to go around. Is life accessible? Is life inaccessible? I have the curious urge to puke out forty years of my life's garbage. Maybe I'll change my name to Antonio or Ivan, move to Hiroshima or Dachau and see the world through the binocular but astigmatic eyes of a tiger. If you asked me to describe someone I really know, I'd be very hard put. As a kid I wanted to be a writer. I wasn't sure what that meant; early ideals can **** you but you probably deserve it. I know I am wrapped so tight that if I spring a leak I'll sink in a day. Could there be a way to fence my life in and keep the world out? I am consumed by fatuous sincerity. I'd write down all the options int this case but I loathe the **** fascism of lists. My hormones seem to be deliquescing into a viscous pâté of late life protoplasm. They belong on a shelf, not in your pants. I guess if no one else will make use of me, I'll have to make use of myself. This is a difficult task. My life has been a long preparation for something that probably won't occur. For too long I have defied almost everything. A strong man would simply drink himself to death, but I'm not that strong. Many of my sins of omission are beginning to bother me. Perhaps the only real use for today is today. Maybe I need to get back to the basics: eating, ******* and dying. How to maintain my equilibrium in the face of incomprehension? Waking up is a kind of homage. Or could it be that I don't need to change? I'm just this. Anyway, it's 2:30 AM on a long night in a strange life. I'd better go. Dawn may creep up and release the stench of coffins. Louise, if you get this note and understand it please let me know because I don't. Sincerely, Mikey
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Jun 29, 2015
Jun 29, 2015 at 4:54 AM UTC
An Important Impossible Epistle
Dear Louise, At 2:30 AM after two hours of sleep I feel I am looking through a keyhole and reality is sneaking up from behind to give me a much needed kick in the ***** Somehow, I have fallen into a hole so deep I can't climb out. The arena of death destroys the illusion of safety and at some point the naked heart cannot recover. Everything seems after the fact. Everything is after the fact. You can't change anything after a split second ago. I feel a curious desire to do the right thing, but there are not enough right things to go around. Is life accessible? Is life inaccessible? I have the curious urge to puke out forty years of my life's garbage. Maybe I'll change my name to Antonio or Ivan, move to Hiroshima or Dachau and see the world through the binocular but astigmatic eyes of a tiger. If you asked me to describe someone I really know, I'd be very hard put. As a kid I wanted to be a writer. I wasn't sure what that meant; early ideals can **** you but you probably deserve it. I know I am wrapped so tight that if I spring a leak I'll sink in a day. Could there be a way to fence my life in and keep the world out? I am consumed by fatuous sincerity. I'd write down all the options int this case but I loathe the **** fascism of lists. My hormones seem to be deliquescing into a viscous pâté of late life protoplasm. They belong on a shelf, not in your pants. I guess if no one else will make use of me, I'll have to make use of myself. This is a difficult task. My life has been a long preparation for something that probably won't occur. For too long I have defied almost everything. A strong man would simply drink himself to death, but I'm not that strong. Many of my sins of omission are beginning to bother me. Perhaps the only real use for today is today. Maybe I need to get back to the basics: eating, ******* and dying. How to maintain my equilibrium in the face of incomprehension? Waking up is a kind of homage. Or could it be that I don't need to change? I'm just this. Anyway, it's 2:30 AM on a long night in a strange life. I'd better go. Dawn may creep up and release the stench of coffins. Louise, if you get this note and understand it please let me know because I don't. Sincerely, Mikey
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My mission, Chanel St. Marc Love every women as my sister negating all ****** desire and my appetite of lust. Regard every man compatible, my brothers, similarities or differences----- no two seeds from the same garden are identical. Yet we are formed in same soil. My attempts to covet godschild are countless to ****** grace from rushing temptations. Prostituting my body for notoriety, Not committing everything to heart .I believe in love but help me in my non-belief. Help me when I ignore friendship for ****** encounters. Discounting the meaning of trust I raise my eyebrows high whenever *** walks by. Lord oh lord it’s the vamp in her, the beast in me. Fire attracts fire burning as we sin openly. For the time being I repent and relapse back in to action. The devil focuses my eyes on the worst decision I will make for days to come. I took back my life for my own and shared it with my demons. Control was given to the worst, my blood is now deadlier than poison and impairs my soul. Free my feelings from filth. Fear of being forsaken before death. My mission, Chanel St. Marc Love every women as my sister love every man as my brother.
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Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 10:01 PM UTC
Epistle of Marc