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BB Tyler Aug 2019
you are what slows time
to fit in the day
the smell of flowers
or an eyeful of cloud-curl

you bare significance
as a pin on your sleeve
to give away
to those that notice it

you are an evening witness
to the folding of morning glories
(and the next day they open
because you;re still there)
BB Tyler Aug 2019
the shadows so long
they're gone

the shadows so long
distant fire, extinguished
line of missing stars

no moon tonight

the shadows so long
they're gone
BB Tyler Aug 2019
on thorn of bramble
an effervescent dewdrop
is holding the sun

western ocean fog
rolling over the city
pacific buildings

moving in
weeds in the garden
dead yellow

cold street lamp circle
a cone holding nothing

kids like monks
plates clasped to their chests
watching steam rise
BB Tyler Aug 2019
I couldn't see their face
watching the clock
on the far wall.

When shouts rose,
and the windows broke,
(myvoicemyfist)
a wind or a bullet
(mygun)
sent me spinning.

They
watched the clock
as the floor,
the whole Earth,
broke my mouth.
Never caught the time.

"Accidents happen all the time"
I was never able to say.

Waking,
no truth,
broke mouth,
handfuls of shattered glass.
BB Tyler Jul 2019
stretching on the carpet
alone
listening to a video
about ancient Mesopotamia
an approximation of a yoga routine
and I go to take a ****
thinking about Hammurabi

"the law was made between two rivers"
i think, and sigh
letting my stream go
BB Tyler Jul 2019
a challenge ought not be taken as a sign to give up
a challenge ought not be taken
yes!
i will say
that it comes to all
time/place/space  depending

validate yourself
against the tides that are
monetary
and
counting down
to an end

and obliviate
the yoke is the gold
and gold is easily
bent
BB Tyler Jul 2019
the lonely stoner
finds no haiku
for their hands stretch too long

is the art that we seek
in you?
is it in the world
is it already
expressed.
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