a breeze,
that barely causes candle flame to flutter,
nor fireside flame to quiver,
a breeze that has dawdled its way
across a warm salty ocean,
absorbing and wrapping itself in a perfume of life living,
a breeze that enfolds around like a blanket,
touching and sultry but, hardly [...]
and how to think it out
a door slammed closed.
so long ago,
one wonders whether it is even locked?
or it and all behind it have simply,
been quietly gathering dust.
this door, it has been ignored,
slipping out of mind and [...]
always the pool,
poetry, essays, and movies
say the word ‘tranquil’,
and there’s a ubiquitous bloody pool,
involved,
and lurking deep,
below, the green and blue,
smoothness (‘like glass’ for goodness sake)
lies the crackeny-beast,
driving the evil new fascist submarine,
under,
the blackness of moonless night,
manufacturing surface pure reflection,
protection from,
the evil lying [...]
teeter-totter,
see-saw,
scales of justice,
eyes of the guiltless look on,
and implore,
the liberal conservative republican,
full of moral certitude,
calls for more freedom of choice,
with the arrogance of a have,
speaking for the have-nots,
left-right-out,
run run far away from the [...]
You can’t live on a view!
but, perhaps with a wish,
surely a view can live in you?
not so much a dwelling within,
but looking out from a heart,
through eyes,
to skies and stars.
beyond myself,
I stand and stare,
as the world expands quietly,
my skin reaching out hugging [...]
no no no
you cannot
you must do as I say
you must do as the law says
or at least my interpretation of it
no no no
no excuses
be happy and do it right
be happy and do it my [...]
