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"recessed" poems
They drove me across the country, from the busy city where we departed to intimate villages where they recessed, and spent a star filled, moonlit night singing songs, their bodies casting long, wavy shadows from campfires they huddled around. Just as I got too cold and my wheels couldn't turn anymore did they finally turn the spark plugs, revving and igniting my despair and sensitivity producing heat. Sometimes they pushed until I shoved and scraped my rubber on asphalt, on rocks, on sand, on boulders big and small, and I hit a flat-line; the air I could hold in no longer. They rode me into a forest whose undergrowth was as thick as a bears' fur during the winter, and redwood that spanned the horizon you thought it could pat the constellations. A forest teeming with life that one would react like Wendy from Peter Pan-- never wanting to leave Neverland. And I could see it in their soft faces and squinting eyes, bright and lit up with joy, every detail apparent as if I burst my headlights into high-beam, directly on them. It was there I ran out of gas and my engines parched for oil, from the endless adventure that was exhilarating and memorable. One could, as a result, easily forget responsibilities. There was no service or refill station nearby, so I was abandoned where I parked, flat tires, rusty hood, broken chassis, dilapidated suspension. I've proved my worth from when I was brought in and over time it wasn't enough. Only repairing, never maintaining.
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Dec 15, 2014
Dec 15, 2014 at 2:11 AM UTC
The Walking Engine
(Plaster cast at Pompeii)                                     [THE TOUR GUIDE]                 *“Ladies and gentlemen, here we are at Pompeii's                 fabled Thermal Baths where heated water was                 passed through duct work in the walls.  One can                           imagine Nero himself stopping here on one of                             his visits.”* [BONITO] Bonito stepped out of the bathhouse and looked up. Vesuvius rumbled - shaking ash and fire skyward. Breaking into a run he sought the south road, glancing back anxiously at the vast dark cloud billowing down the mountain.                 *"The principal city roads were recessed                 and wagons were required to have standardized                 wheelbases and clearances to fit in channels cut                 into the stone.  Follow me please to the residential                 area.”* He gained the road and his feet pounded the stones of the “via stabiana.” The cloud multiplied and fell on the city. Ever deepening layers of ash clogged Benito’s path. Heart pounding in his chest he lengthened his strides.                 *“Leaving the opulent villas with their spacious                 atria, we now enter the market area where we                 shall see a display of remarkable interest.  During                 excavations, empty spaces were discovered in                 the ash deposits.”* The rising ash captured his left leg. Bonito inhaled the fiery air and ****** forward into a burst of falling soot but was unable to finish his stride.                 *“Archaeologists poured plaster into the voids                 revealing the outlined bodies of Pompeiins                 trapped in their final moments.  Take, for example,                 this man caught in mid-step with no time                 to escape the life choking dust.”* June, 2006
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Jul 30, 2013
Jul 30, 2013 at 1:32 PM UTC
Vesuvius (Bonito and the Tour Guide)
(Plaster cast at Pompeii)                                     [THE TOUR GUIDE]                 *“Ladies and gentlemen, here we are at Pompeii's                 fabled Thermal Baths where heated water was                 passed through duct work in the walls.  One can                           imagine Nero himself stopping here on one of                             his visits.”* [BONITO] Bonito stepped out of the bathhouse and looked up. Vesuvius rumbled - shaking ash and fire skyward. Breaking into a run he sought the south road, glancing back anxiously at the vast dark cloud billowing down the mountain.                 *"The principal city roads were recessed                 and wagons were required to have standardized                 wheelbases and clearances to fit in channels cut                 into the stone.  Follow me please to the residential                 area.”* He gained the road and his feet pounded the stones of the “via stabiana.” The cloud multiplied and fell on the city. Ever deepening layers of ash clogged Benito’s path. Heart pounding in his chest he lengthened his strides.                 *“Leaving the opulent villas with their spacious                 atria, we now enter the market area where we                 shall see a display of remarkable interest.  During                 excavations, empty spaces were discovered in                 the ash deposits.”* The rising ash captured his left leg. Bonito inhaled the fiery air and ****** forward into a burst of falling soot but was unable to finish his stride.                 *“Archaeologists poured plaster into the voids                 revealing the outlined bodies of Pompeiins                 trapped in their final moments.  Take, for example,                 this man caught in mid-step with no time                 to escape the life choking dust.”* June, 2006
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Every passing moment Caught staring at the blissful sky Decorating the ceiling Awash in the glow Of light that hides away just out of frame It's been burning low Thoughts of my life still beckon, as the world takes a somber tone But the timing is right, pulled in this effortless misdirection It's numbing Found myself here Why isn't that enough... A gilded cage. Maybe I guess I'd rather let the summer air drench the weathered wood Another recessed cycle, all timeless til its over Lie here lifeless With nothing left to fight Only time
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Nov 23, 2017
Nov 23, 2017 at 11:44 PM UTC
Tuesday
When many days had passed, whence memories blurred with time And in secret banks were stored, but left unguarded since their prime, A photo whose fresh recall did unwanted thoughts evoke Whose owner couldn't but lapse and yet-untapped sorrow provoke. As if by divine scheme derived or as the Fates would have it designed, The sickened world he saw with all its lust and love deprived The illness was their absence, and the world he madly cursed For its fate and his aligned, conspired and scheme rehearsed. A more sorrowful realization into those memory banks recessed, Such thought-provoking power there couldn't another photo possess But how perfect that this one should a saddest thought impart To whom unwelcomed gifts as such affected more the heart.
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Aug 30, 2012
Aug 30, 2012 at 10:27 PM UTC
A photo of her
Imperfections The kindest evidence the savior passed was the marks he bestowed in the most gentile articulation in this His wise choices matched imperfection to our needs. One of the most telling attributes of women can be Her hands but what if they are slightly marred the grace only flows to a deeper level quickness is Replaced by deliberate action slower more thoughtful and profound a touch placed with this kind of Feeling goes to a measure instantly felt it is not just the ordinary but a thing of force that unravels Trouble mysteriously it finds the hidden knots looses them allows love to flow wide and full. Perhaps a Man no longer strides with a power that has an assurance maybe he is depended on a stick for support Where power is diffused it only changes channels it makes the heart stronger the eyes feel it too Humanity in others is recessed the blunder the self efficiency drains from boisterous streams into calm Assessment a flow that harnesses possibility not vain bravado that can at times wound those who are Weaker and that are struggling. If times try men’s souls then imperfection can be a clarion call the Placement of virtue at the lead where sometimes pride is the driving force this writing came from seeing A woman walking in a sunny scene and she had a blotchy spot on her arm others could observe this and Be to one degree or another repulsed but to the man who loves her it is a special calling card it Touches makes the forces revel in a display that sets her apart from all others an instrument of sound That separates from the den isolates carries a marker that generates tenderness, esteem, and honor Thou art the tune and sound of a masterful violin play nothing else in my presence nothing else will do Your imperfections makes another whole don’t ever fret over your special make up it is the breath and The visitation of the divine in the human form boldly brushed in the shadow perfected by sun light.
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Nov 24, 2011
Nov 24, 2011 at 2:16 PM UTC
Imperfections
Imperfections The kindest evidence the savior passed was the marks he bestowed in the most gentile articulation in this His wise choices matched imperfection to our needs. One of the most telling attributes of women can be Her hands but what if they are slightly marred the grace only flows to a deeper level quickness is Replaced by deliberate action slower more thoughtful and profound a touch placed with this kind of Feeling goes to a measure instantly felt it is not just the ordinary but a thing of force that unravels Trouble mysteriously it finds the hidden knots looses them allows love to flow wide and full. Perhaps a Man no longer strides with a power that has an assurance maybe he is depended on a stick for support Where power is diffused it only changes channels it makes the heart stronger the eyes feel it too Humanity in others is recessed the blunder the self efficiency drains from boisterous streams into calm Assessment a flow that harnesses possibility not vain bravado that can at times wound those who are Weaker and that are struggling. If times try men’s souls then imperfection can be a clarion call the Placement of virtue at the lead where sometimes pride is the driving force this writing came from seeing A woman walking in a sunny scene and she had a blotchy spot on her arm others could observe this and Be to one degree or another repulsed but to the man who loves her it is a special calling card it Touches makes the forces revel in a display that sets her apart from all others an instrument of sound That separates from the den isolates carries a marker that generates tenderness, esteem, and honor Thou art the tune and sound of a masterful violin play nothing else in my presence nothing else will do Your imperfections makes another whole don’t ever fret over your special make up it is the breath and The visitation of the divine in the human form boldly brushed in the shadow perfected by sun light.
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clutching at pebbles thrown hard into sky as birds bitter yolk of unceasing raindrop ideals personified, then scattered in leaf a coarse blending of the soul and what is scream of forgotten swing alone in sunshine a fear internalized, an unquenched song of watery despair and silence pacing, pacing, toward and away from a melody that is as intangible as balloons whispering to decaying stars fading into nothingness, brief respite, void of sound, emptiness most profoundly pierced with kaleidoscopic shards of senses and memory; with music of blueberries, gleefully dropped into tinny pails overflowing from wistfulness with touch of unblossomed rosebuds admired, unyielding like crabapples moist in calloused palms with smell of tree, unrepentant and unchanging, yet gnarled and longing, indistinct, uncertain with taste of wind, speckled purity of truth elusive, of realization categorized, of wispy but unrelenting passion with the image of a hope etched, recessed, scorned, repressed, grasped, suspended in song the maybe’s and the why’s the can’t’s and the shouldn’t’s the have-to’s and the why’s then slowly fingers defiantly uncurl from stone, in motion unrefined and quietly, fervently; quietly, fervently, I begin to sing... a mottled snapshot of my mind.
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Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010 at 8:40 PM UTC
a mottled snapshot of my mind
In the black of night, one winter long ago, the bones spoke to me from their perch upon a tomb. Creaking in the cold, and shining brightly by the light of the moon. “Come and speak,” they called, but the voice was only an echo. I stepped forward in the crackling snow, and the bones leaned forth. “It’s grown cold, and we are lonely,” they said. “Who are you?” “We are the Dead,” they replied. Silence stretched out across the graveyard and snow began to wander lazily from the heavens. It gathered on the bones, who did not move. They peered down to me, empty sockets where eyes once sat, then dried to dust. “What need do the dead have of visitors?” I asked. The skull cocked to one side, and the gathered snow slid from its gleaming dome. “The Dead need and want all those things which have long lost meaning to the Living. We have as much right to company, and twice the need.   The cold earth is also dark, and silent. It is there the Dead go mad.” The snow tumbled down, another layer upon another, and neither of us stirred. I watched a trickle of blood flow from a socket of the skull, sliding down to color its teeth a dark crimson. A single drop fell from its mouth, impacting upon the snow at the foot of the tomb. The dark red stain spread across the snow of the yard, turning it to a tundra of blood. The gravestones stood high above the bloodied freeze, and high above them all stood the tomb. Sitting there, the gleaming, bleeding, grinning bones. “It is there the Dead go mad,” they repeated. The insane screams of a thousand dead souls pierced the silence of the night, and the tombstones crumbled into the snow. The ground swelled as if turned to a vengeful red sea, and spat the bodies below to the surface. A mass of bone, flesh and dirt replaced the snow around me. The bones above gazed out upon the carnage, jaw agape. Screaming. Louder than ever, unmuffled by the earth, the bodies of the dead shrieked to the heavens. The gray winter clouds above turned to soot and fell from the sky. The full moon burst into view, casting its cold glare upon the horror. The Dead writhed and shrieked, bony fingers and heels digging at the ground around them. Rotting flesh fell from muscle, muscle fell from bone. From atop the tomb, the bones turned back to me, screaming “IT IS THERE THE DEAD GO MAAAAAAD!” The skeleton burst into dust and rained down upon me. And the screaming ceased. Slowly, slowly, the writhing bodies grew still. Their eyes, cold and bright, stared wide at the sky above. My ears rang with their screams. I shuddered. The bodies recessed back into the earth. Soot rose back to the heavens to cover their watchful eye. Looking back to the tomb, I saw the bones returned to their perch. But now they gazed upon me with my own eyes. “It is here,” they said. And I could not look away. “The Dead go mad,” I answered.
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Jan 10, 2013
Jan 10, 2013 at 5:39 PM UTC
We are the Dead
In the black of night, one winter long ago, the bones spoke to me from their perch upon a tomb. Creaking in the cold, and shining brightly by the light of the moon. “Come and speak,” they called, but the voice was only an echo. I stepped forward in the crackling snow, and the bones leaned forth. “It’s grown cold, and we are lonely,” they said. “Who are you?” “We are the Dead,” they replied. Silence stretched out across the graveyard and snow began to wander lazily from the heavens. It gathered on the bones, who did not move. They peered down to me, empty sockets where eyes once sat, then dried to dust. “What need do the dead have of visitors?” I asked. The skull cocked to one side, and the gathered snow slid from its gleaming dome. “The Dead need and want all those things which have long lost meaning to the Living. We have as much right to company, and twice the need.   The cold earth is also dark, and silent. It is there the Dead go mad.” The snow tumbled down, another layer upon another, and neither of us stirred. I watched a trickle of blood flow from a socket of the skull, sliding down to color its teeth a dark crimson. A single drop fell from its mouth, impacting upon the snow at the foot of the tomb. The dark red stain spread across the snow of the yard, turning it to a tundra of blood. The gravestones stood high above the bloodied freeze, and high above them all stood the tomb. Sitting there, the gleaming, bleeding, grinning bones. “It is there the Dead go mad,” they repeated. The insane screams of a thousand dead souls pierced the silence of the night, and the tombstones crumbled into the snow. The ground swelled as if turned to a vengeful red sea, and spat the bodies below to the surface. A mass of bone, flesh and dirt replaced the snow around me. The bones above gazed out upon the carnage, jaw agape. Screaming. Louder than ever, unmuffled by the earth, the bodies of the dead shrieked to the heavens. The gray winter clouds above turned to soot and fell from the sky. The full moon burst into view, casting its cold glare upon the horror. The Dead writhed and shrieked, bony fingers and heels digging at the ground around them. Rotting flesh fell from muscle, muscle fell from bone. From atop the tomb, the bones turned back to me, screaming “IT IS THERE THE DEAD GO MAAAAAAD!” The skeleton burst into dust and rained down upon me. And the screaming ceased. Slowly, slowly, the writhing bodies grew still. Their eyes, cold and bright, stared wide at the sky above. My ears rang with their screams. I shuddered. The bodies recessed back into the earth. Soot rose back to the heavens to cover their watchful eye. Looking back to the tomb, I saw the bones returned to their perch. But now they gazed upon me with my own eyes. “It is here,” they said. And I could not look away. “The Dead go mad,” I answered.
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Gave of salacious self, your just due My one and only dream I wanted to come true Earthbound after a meteorite crash Healing properties within this castaway shall come to pass Wings has been tenderly clipped The aftermath of a silent emotional eclipse Walking, running, and soaring, keep flapping but slowly slipping Heartbeat dipping, ripping Slowly suffocating as I’m contemplating Feelings keep overruling, dominating Restless from stagnation Mental searching for relocation Suspended, spent, recessed from the relent In the hunt for a pleasurable escape to soar to the sky No questions no earthly whys A Galactic Dream Weaver Da Vinci Code, I’m picking up my telephone receiver The Holy Grail secrets for my mind to set sail The marooned answers found in life’s details Standing in vain, waiting for a starship from a cosmic believer No expressive deceivers My Mazda 5, an Uber, or a Lyft driver can’t get me up there Without restraints, I need to inhale celestial air Showered by a beautiful spiritual given rainbow Sentiments offered from a treasured chest as they stream when they softly flow A Gordian knot devoid of hope, a beanstalk, for me, too slow Something one must know As your presence comes to offer me a sweet riding tow Spirit is now on the run Trying to astral plane beyond the sun I need to glance down from the stars Up and beyond, emotions, mistakes seem so miniscule and far The beginning, the ending, where I descended The integrity of a tattered angel, a cocoon of self, until my cerebral cortex is Heavenly mended As my earthly presence blends within Keeping a rein on life’s sins I do not know if my salsa dance has come to an end The absence of loss as emotions reflect to bend Does time ever remain the same Please don’t forget my name On the contrary For the love given from a twinkling star, and a kiss from an earthbound fairy
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Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 at 11:15 AM UTC
Earthbound
Gave of salacious self, your just due My one and only dream I wanted to come true Earthbound after a meteorite crash Healing properties within this castaway shall come to pass Wings has been tenderly clipped The aftermath of a silent emotional eclipse Walking, running, and soaring, keep flapping but slowly slipping Heartbeat dipping, ripping Slowly suffocating as I’m contemplating Feelings keep overruling, dominating Restless from stagnation Mental searching for relocation Suspended, spent, recessed from the relent In the hunt for a pleasurable escape to soar to the sky No questions no earthly whys A Galactic Dream Weaver Da Vinci Code, I’m picking up my telephone receiver The Holy Grail secrets for my mind to set sail The marooned answers found in life’s details Standing in vain, waiting for a starship from a cosmic believer No expressive deceivers My Mazda 5, an Uber, or a Lyft driver can’t get me up there Without restraints, I need to inhale celestial air Showered by a beautiful spiritual given rainbow Sentiments offered from a treasured chest as they stream when they softly flow A Gordian knot devoid of hope, a beanstalk, for me, too slow Something one must know As your presence comes to offer me a sweet riding tow Spirit is now on the run Trying to astral plane beyond the sun I need to glance down from the stars Up and beyond, emotions, mistakes seem so miniscule and far The beginning, the ending, where I descended The integrity of a tattered angel, a cocoon of self, until my cerebral cortex is Heavenly mended As my earthly presence blends within Keeping a rein on life’s sins I do not know if my salsa dance has come to an end The absence of loss as emotions reflect to bend Does time ever remain the same Please don’t forget my name On the contrary For the love given from a twinkling star, and a kiss from an earthbound fairy
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The day’s last rays shone over the mountain, Warming my face as I take in the surrounding. Orange to red, purple to blue, The mythical sky embraced every hue. Then from the ridge soared a great Bald White Eagle, Perching on a close branch, exalted and regal. Fear struck my heart, for I have invaded. Her sacred home I have desecrated. The sun slowly waned, as we sat eyes locked. I dare not move; all exits were blocked. She turned her head and watched the sun set, And suddenly her presence was no longer a threat. The fear slowly recessed, As we both took in the beauty of the west. For just like me, She only needed company.
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Apr 27, 2014
Apr 27, 2014 at 7:40 PM UTC
Bald and White
The kindest evidence the savior passed was the marks he bestowed in the most gentile articulation in this His wise choices matched imperfection to our needs. One of the most telling attributes of women can be Her hands but what if they are slightly marred the grace only flows to a deeper level quickness is Replaced by deliberate action slower more thoughtful and profound a touch placed with this kind of Feeling goes to a measure instantly felt it is not just the ordinary but a thing of force that unravels Trouble mysteriously it finds the hidden knots looses them allows love to flow wide and full. Perhaps a Man no longer strides with a power that has an assurance maybe he is depended on a stick for support Where power is diffused it only changes channels it makes the heart stronger the eyes feel it too Humanity in others is recessed the blunder the self efficiency drains from boisterous streams into calm Assessment a flow that harnesses possibility not vain bravado that can at times wound those who are Weaker and that are struggling. If times try men’s souls then imperfection can be a clarion call the Placement of virtue at the lead where sometimes pride is the driving force this writing came from seeing A woman walking in a sunny scene and she had a blotchy spot on her arm others could observe this and Be to one degree or another repulsed but to the man who loves her it is a special calling card it Touches makes the forces revel in a display that sets her apart from all others an instrument of sound That separates from the den isolates carries a marker that generates tenderness, esteem, and honor Thou art the tune and sound of a masterful violin play nothing else in my presence nothing else will do Your imperfections makes another whole don’t ever fret over your special make up it is the breath and The visitation of the divine in the human form boldly brushed in the shadow perfected by sun light.
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Oct 29, 2012
Oct 29, 2012 at 2:19 PM UTC
Imperfections
The kindest evidence the savior passed was the marks he bestowed in the most gentile articulation in this His wise choices matched imperfection to our needs. One of the most telling attributes of women can be Her hands but what if they are slightly marred the grace only flows to a deeper level quickness is Replaced by deliberate action slower more thoughtful and profound a touch placed with this kind of Feeling goes to a measure instantly felt it is not just the ordinary but a thing of force that unravels Trouble mysteriously it finds the hidden knots looses them allows love to flow wide and full. Perhaps a Man no longer strides with a power that has an assurance maybe he is depended on a stick for support Where power is diffused it only changes channels it makes the heart stronger the eyes feel it too Humanity in others is recessed the blunder the self efficiency drains from boisterous streams into calm Assessment a flow that harnesses possibility not vain bravado that can at times wound those who are Weaker and that are struggling. If times try men’s souls then imperfection can be a clarion call the Placement of virtue at the lead where sometimes pride is the driving force this writing came from seeing A woman walking in a sunny scene and she had a blotchy spot on her arm others could observe this and Be to one degree or another repulsed but to the man who loves her it is a special calling card it Touches makes the forces revel in a display that sets her apart from all others an instrument of sound That separates from the den isolates carries a marker that generates tenderness, esteem, and honor Thou art the tune and sound of a masterful violin play nothing else in my presence nothing else will do Your imperfections makes another whole don’t ever fret over your special make up it is the breath and The visitation of the divine in the human form boldly brushed in the shadow perfected by sun light.
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An avalanche. Rocks coming stumbling towards me. The warmth of lava makes me perspire but when I run fast, progress is recessed. Languish buries my feet from underneath. My only supplies are useless... the desire to leave my heavy knapsack is relentless. The rush for survival going on, you think it would be first to dispose... but I am latched onto materialism
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May 1, 2016
May 1, 2016 at 5:19 PM UTC
Untitled
. My label was showing, flipping out from behind the collar of my non-U.S.A. made shirt Sri Lanka I think, but I can’t see the back of my neck from here Perhaps that is why they stare or maybe it is why they don’t? Well, that's okay, I’m new here, first time on this floor (I pushed the wrong elevator button) Fancy suits and low cut gowns, hors d'oeuvres, champagne, noses held high, some are long ones to look down or up at “Bat in the cave! Oh, did I say that out loud? Sorry lady, no I wouldn’t like any avocado" Whispers, murmurs or just low talking, there must be a hundred of them I thread myself through the crowd making my way to the podium where I speak, “Hello I am a poet and I’d like to read you something” A strong gust of wind races against my face, not air from any open window, but the breeze created by their mass exodus as they head for the outdoor terrace for a smoke or to spit on those below them Then I saw her, standing in the middle of the room all alone, staring up at me Deep brown eyes, dark glistening hair and a smile that out-beamed the overhead recessed light “I’d like to hear your poem,” she said in a euphoric voice I gazed upon her mesmerized, feeling my throat tighten, sweat appeared on my forehead as I lifted a slip of paper from my back pocket I looked it over and looked over at her…again Then, taking a deep breath muttered, “I must apologize, for it has become obvious to me there is no more beautiful poem than the one standing before me at this very time To read these words which I have penned would only pale to this I find” “Thank you, that is very sweet of you, would you like to go for a walk in the park? I’d much rather be outside than inside and maybe you can read me some of your wonderful poetry there?” “I’d love to, but what about them?” I asked motioning toward the crowd on the terrace She picked up the tray of sliced avocado, some champagne and slipped them out the door, then giggled, “Those insiders will be just fine outside for a while” As we headed down on the elevator she leaned up and kissed me and it was at that very moment, as my heart was nearly beating out on my chest I knew, (I had pushed the correct elevator button)
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Jul 20, 2016
Jul 20, 2016 at 6:48 PM UTC
Insiders outside for a while
. My label was showing, flipping out from behind the collar of my non-U.S.A. made shirt Sri Lanka I think, but I can’t see the back of my neck from here Perhaps that is why they stare or maybe it is why they don’t? Well, that's okay, I’m new here, first time on this floor (I pushed the wrong elevator button) Fancy suits and low cut gowns, hors d'oeuvres, champagne, noses held high, some are long ones to look down or up at “Bat in the cave! Oh, did I say that out loud? Sorry lady, no I wouldn’t like any avocado" Whispers, murmurs or just low talking, there must be a hundred of them I thread myself through the crowd making my way to the podium where I speak, “Hello I am a poet and I’d like to read you something” A strong gust of wind races against my face, not air from any open window, but the breeze created by their mass exodus as they head for the outdoor terrace for a smoke or to spit on those below them Then I saw her, standing in the middle of the room all alone, staring up at me Deep brown eyes, dark glistening hair and a smile that out-beamed the overhead recessed light “I’d like to hear your poem,” she said in a euphoric voice I gazed upon her mesmerized, feeling my throat tighten, sweat appeared on my forehead as I lifted a slip of paper from my back pocket I looked it over and looked over at her…again Then, taking a deep breath muttered, “I must apologize, for it has become obvious to me there is no more beautiful poem than the one standing before me at this very time To read these words which I have penned would only pale to this I find” “Thank you, that is very sweet of you, would you like to go for a walk in the park? I’d much rather be outside than inside and maybe you can read me some of your wonderful poetry there?” “I’d love to, but what about them?” I asked motioning toward the crowd on the terrace She picked up the tray of sliced avocado, some champagne and slipped them out the door, then giggled, “Those insiders will be just fine outside for a while” As we headed down on the elevator she leaned up and kissed me and it was at that very moment, as my heart was nearly beating out on my chest I knew, (I had pushed the correct elevator button)
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and sometimes I wonder; maybe if i looked like her he would love me but them I remember the painful stab of his words and keep them close to my heart, forever unchanging, to keep me from changing because maybe he'll settle again. maybe he'll come crawling back and enfold me in the dark recessed of his mind with whispered i love you's that you tuck away into the crevases of your open mouthed soul but then, I remember him saying **** you. that he meant it. that he really, really meant it. and then him walking off trailing behind him the wrappings of me as if i was some excess piece of lust, he just brushed me off and never ever did he look back again
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Jan 13, 2013
Jan 13, 2013 at 10:54 PM UTC
Hapless star.
it rained the day after Christmas and you said you’d prefer snow. it reminded me of London so I kept my mouth shut and pushed your hands further between my legs. “eat my pineapple,” I instructed as the *** coated my tongue. “carry me through the tiki bar and do pushups in the empty space while I brush my lips on your temple.” we were married on the corner of Queen and Dunn; our officiant on one knee, clad in blue knit I never thought I’d be here. across oceans you recessed further into my insomniac brain. your eyes are green, right? turn around: it’s less romantic if there’s no eye contact. track our distance across my sternum -- I’ve never been to Azerbaijan. I took advantage of the fact that you were wearing black and forgot to outline my shape in chalk.
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Jan 3, 2016
Jan 3, 2016 at 11:21 PM UTC
atelophobia
Standing on the precipice of an abyss Blues and greens swirl and fade to black Plummeting depths swallow and compress In the distance an isolated pillar Coated against the extremities Stone faced and granite Statuesque and alone – Beneath lies the seething current Life’s blood flows Ebbing with the moon Tidal and subject Whims the only direction With eruption as the single verifiable outcome Only cold winds blow there now – Aching for lost relations Scattered family covering the west Each with deep memories Recessed and withdrawn Vast cavernous systems Delve into the very foundations Broken dreams of reunion Erode in the harsh and unforgiving weather –
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Jan 20, 2016
Jan 20, 2016 at 4:45 PM UTC
Crater Lake as Metaphor
Caught in your thicket of embellished verse Trite but resolute Efforts to crack the indestructible   Here you say: Willowy white Lily-of-the-Valley Softly flowing waves of ecstasy Delights a recessed heart And resurrects the willful soul I say: No one knows the heart of one Cast onward towards the billowy grey Destined to revive My vain attempts at life
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Jul 13, 2014
Jul 13, 2014 at 8:10 AM UTC
Embellished
The delusional expectancy of arriving to a unified decision under a false, and somewhat mysterious banner leaves the tender footed Neanderthals to drawl and crawl towards their inevitable demise, at the hands of a lesser evil, catering to their cowardice, the ultimate usurper. … Barriers formed and forged in concrete molds left behind by a war mongering ancestry devoured by their ****** progeny. An enemy approaches… Throne rooms held in recessed hills, concealed in a shroud of fog, left off by the chilled steam stewing off yesteryears loss. Heroes transported on expensive tapestry, in banners provoking deeds of old, and the memory of their meaning. Hold in masses of collected honor. Catapulted horrors break the line. Strains of panic retreat in woeful singularity. Fear infects the herd as arrowheads of cowardice break the chain-mail guard. Women and children pushed behind a diseased king as he purges his principles in the face of death. He seals the entrance in stone. A son, known for his great misdeeds, and vast misfortunes takes step before his small family as the army approaches. In a hallowed tomb as a mere boy, he heard the tune, uttered from the devil’s lips. A summoning song. Here he sings the treacherous tune as the sounds of heavy marching fill the halls. The last barrier breaks. Shrieks of terror erupt. Demise is at hand. Men lose their valor as they turn and flee, only to be met by a concrete reminder of their inevitable fatality. The child’s voice grows demonic as the words begin to devour his soul. There’s an odd presence in the room. Death is prolonged…momentarily. A void is opened. The army begins to flee. Victory is at hand. Then the illusion of their invasion lifts, as soldiers, once more than visible, turn to ghosts, and finally fade from battle. Cheers break out, only for a moment. A hole opens in the center of the room, at first no larger than the size of a pin, but it expands outward at an alarming pace. Guards scramble to funnel their people out of the breach. An evil comes forth, once barred from the walls of this land. It antagonizes the people with tales of its delusional sorcery. Then thanks the young boy who brought it forth. A world is soon devoured. The end.
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Jan 13, 2015
Jan 13, 2015 at 3:31 PM UTC
This Took Grew Up Wrong
The delusional expectancy of arriving to a unified decision under a false, and somewhat mysterious banner leaves the tender footed Neanderthals to drawl and crawl towards their inevitable demise, at the hands of a lesser evil, catering to their cowardice, the ultimate usurper. … Barriers formed and forged in concrete molds left behind by a war mongering ancestry devoured by their ****** progeny. An enemy approaches… Throne rooms held in recessed hills, concealed in a shroud of fog, left off by the chilled steam stewing off yesteryears loss. Heroes transported on expensive tapestry, in banners provoking deeds of old, and the memory of their meaning. Hold in masses of collected honor. Catapulted horrors break the line. Strains of panic retreat in woeful singularity. Fear infects the herd as arrowheads of cowardice break the chain-mail guard. Women and children pushed behind a diseased king as he purges his principles in the face of death. He seals the entrance in stone. A son, known for his great misdeeds, and vast misfortunes takes step before his small family as the army approaches. In a hallowed tomb as a mere boy, he heard the tune, uttered from the devil’s lips. A summoning song. Here he sings the treacherous tune as the sounds of heavy marching fill the halls. The last barrier breaks. Shrieks of terror erupt. Demise is at hand. Men lose their valor as they turn and flee, only to be met by a concrete reminder of their inevitable fatality. The child’s voice grows demonic as the words begin to devour his soul. There’s an odd presence in the room. Death is prolonged…momentarily. A void is opened. The army begins to flee. Victory is at hand. Then the illusion of their invasion lifts, as soldiers, once more than visible, turn to ghosts, and finally fade from battle. Cheers break out, only for a moment. A hole opens in the center of the room, at first no larger than the size of a pin, but it expands outward at an alarming pace. Guards scramble to funnel their people out of the breach. An evil comes forth, once barred from the walls of this land. It antagonizes the people with tales of its delusional sorcery. Then thanks the young boy who brought it forth. A world is soon devoured. The end.
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The air is ****** up: it is a flower’s fault a peony weeping and recessed its creases looking like an elderly face – I play dead, pretend to be aged than earth. You count my rings as pine trees’ but I have few, if you’ll notice. You do. I would say your name if the oxygen was not stolen away: instead, I tongue at my teeth and breathe breathe breathe in secret hoping the garden won’t reveal me. A fairylike, but natural room I am in – feel its rotten sap still giving sticky hands.
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Mar 10, 2013
Mar 10, 2013 at 4:54 PM UTC
playing dead
I work at night. My eyes lighted by the merest glimmers from dark recessed memory. There I can caress my thoughts; warming them within cupped palms pressed against the temples, as in prayer. My church, however, left me long ago, refusing to believe in me. The feeling was mutual.
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Jun 24, 2010
Jun 24, 2010 at 2:49 PM UTC
Night Light
we are always on our way we beat our chests, broken clocks, we are honest twice a day. our groundhogs overstay in cuckoo nests we are always on our way in metric evenings led astray, most of us have been recessed, broken clocks, we are honest twice a day. we are made to coil halfway, beat those who love us best we are always on our way. we make time prepaid and tendons compressed, broken clocks, we are honest twice a day we say we are guests we are always on our way broken clocks, we are honest twice a day.
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Apr 18, 2013
Apr 18, 2013 at 6:03 PM UTC
broken clocks
what are we doing here? who are we? could it be mere animals of evolution, or something more? consciousness, thought simply resultant biomechanics instinct propelling us forward on rails laid by the genetic makeup of mankind common sense or even decency impossible to intercede impossible to pry wheel of raging cart from track dominance destruction greed consumption a white knuckle ride maniac grin adorning psychotic visage speed bumps people, morals and expression all for the powerful's possession riding the narrow rails of instinct's destiny until wall struck impossible to penetrate regardless weight of gold and accumulation from society's centre outward the world to explode choking to death on our own exhalation drowning in the sea of our own consumption the absence of empty filling this suit hope that there might be another way another path or at least reason a hand better suited the lost to guide to veer us from this path— this societal suicide a means to explain inner inclination my inside bigger than the outside spirit locked within a jar a vessel contained dimension not fitting this dimension ethereal hands pressing against its walls screaming internal I want out freedom home though the path to which the unknown terrifying to the core this longing to be somewhere, but knowing I shouldn't be in a hurry to go spoken not by word but emotion I would not tempt with trick of parlour too insignificant to make demand in bed, eyes closed feeling connection to foreign land speaking inside my mind not alone in the dark yet there lay no one next me is that you, scratching at the wall of recessed psyche? behind, hiding passage to infinite knowledge awareness obscured from consciousness' sight for a time for my existence as a man until the end until those final frightful moments then when hope and terror stand as equals opposing might I finally realize spirit's truth, or cease altogether—never to know
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Nov 17, 2014
Nov 17, 2014 at 9:13 PM UTC
Instinct's Destiny
what are we doing here? who are we? could it be mere animals of evolution, or something more? consciousness, thought simply resultant biomechanics instinct propelling us forward on rails laid by the genetic makeup of mankind common sense or even decency impossible to intercede impossible to pry wheel of raging cart from track dominance destruction greed consumption a white knuckle ride maniac grin adorning psychotic visage speed bumps people, morals and expression all for the powerful's possession riding the narrow rails of instinct's destiny until wall struck impossible to penetrate regardless weight of gold and accumulation from society's centre outward the world to explode choking to death on our own exhalation drowning in the sea of our own consumption the absence of empty filling this suit hope that there might be another way another path or at least reason a hand better suited the lost to guide to veer us from this path— this societal suicide a means to explain inner inclination my inside bigger than the outside spirit locked within a jar a vessel contained dimension not fitting this dimension ethereal hands pressing against its walls screaming internal I want out freedom home though the path to which the unknown terrifying to the core this longing to be somewhere, but knowing I shouldn't be in a hurry to go spoken not by word but emotion I would not tempt with trick of parlour too insignificant to make demand in bed, eyes closed feeling connection to foreign land speaking inside my mind not alone in the dark yet there lay no one next me is that you, scratching at the wall of recessed psyche? behind, hiding passage to infinite knowledge awareness obscured from consciousness' sight for a time for my existence as a man until the end until those final frightful moments then when hope and terror stand as equals opposing might I finally realize spirit's truth, or cease altogether—never to know
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I saw you walk to me, across the Place Bellecour, and I smiled. The shuttered windows and my unshuttered expression told you that it wasn’t the time for this, but the recessed windows on the grey roofs and the off-white brick told me it was. I saw you walk to me, across the Place Bellecour, and I smiled. The spires of the distant churches and the unbroken line of sight called to you that we better hurry on, but the lines of windows (like members of an audience) shouted at me to kiss you. I saw you walk to me, across the Place Bellecour, and I smiled. A deep blue surreal sky and the whisper of a floating white cloud shouted to you to say yes, and the white cloud of up and above cheered me on, evermore, to Paris and to Lyon.
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Jun 30, 2013
Jun 30, 2013 at 7:44 PM UTC
Once upon a Place Bellecour
darkened eyes read Illuminating Words absorb well woven language into deeply recessed caverns flashlight of knowledge soothes a weary heart.
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May 10, 2014
May 10, 2014 at 12:55 PM UTC
Bedtime Story
A voice may open doors to corridors, dusty and untraveled creaking floors which lead to vast and unlit recessed rooms, shut down tight, their vacancy assumed. Should you have the curiosity to follow, know you this: the voice will be your unrelenting guide, compelling you through portals from until now you withdrew. The voice will still the recoil of your mind and weave within your thoughts and intertwine into a past and present tapestry of dreams and fears spun with realities. Colored with your rapture, tears you spill; the cloth is yours, do with it what you will.
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Mar 11, 2015
Mar 11, 2015 at 2:47 AM UTC
Entrance