the celestial beast
casts a shadow across
the moon as heavy
as god’s anchor
a sea boils, somewhere
and it stinks
of cans of tuna
and anchovies in oil
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Day 30
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tidal pull (20170429)
the ocean lives
in an empty
soup can
in the field
behind my house
i once found
a conch shell
bleached white
in that field
the ocean lived
there, too
the ocean lives
in my heart
salty tributaries
find their ways
to fingers, ears
the ducts of my eyes
you are too small
to be a moon
yet your song
pulls on the ocean
shaping it
before it flattens out
once more
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Day 29
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artificial clouds (20170428)
chem trails glow orange
even the planes love sunset
clear spring evening
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Day 28
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an indifferent lifting of the shoulders (20170427)
i shrug out of you like
an ill-fitting suit
an old man’s funeral jacket
a mummy’s dusty wrappings
the cracked, dry skin of a pudding
left too long uncovered in the fridge
a plate of overcooked liver and onions
the liver my own pulled from my guts
and cooked over the fire in my bowels
the bruised peel of a banana
the exact size, shape, and consistency
of a healthy adult shit
i shrug out of you
and you don’t even know it
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Day 26
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peas and gravy (20170426)
they tell you
to settle down
when you’re a kid
and you’ve eaten all
the halloween candy
that has been inspected
before bedtime
they tell you
one day you’ll settle down
make yourself a little
place in the world
build a life
they tell you
things will settle down
when chaos has erupted
like a 4th grade science fair
volcano
but what
they’re telling you
is to settle
because we’re all down
here
and why should you
see things
from an elevated height
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National Poetry Writing Month Winds Down!
Day 26
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blossoming (20170425)
cotton candy pinks and blues
clouds hang in still bare branches
a sunset bloom
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the art and science of subduing spirits (20170424)
i have tied you up
and you have forgotten
the safety word
the knots keep you subdued
the ropes are of my own weaving
regret mixed with despair
a few threads left of honest desire
the knots keep you still
but you are just a shade
easy driven out by a strong light
easily chased into dusty corners
my silence keeps you silent
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for
dVerse ~ Poets Pub
Quadrille #31: still
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Day 24
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sunken eyes (20170423)
the bird sings the night sky
fading blues to pinks to
the solitary color of its heart
three trills, short
one cry, long
a heartbeat separated by chambers
struck out of order
a solitary sound of night
listen
the rustle of feathers
listen
the quiet of parting leaves
the river of the freeway
the black heart beating
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consideration of impatience (20170422)
go ahead and make me wait
i’ve got the patience of job
tied up in a bindle stick
over my shoulder
i can bust it out whenever
but i know you like me
impatient, eager
like ice melting off
a fingertip
my jaw clenches shut
and i breathe through
my nose because
if i open my mouth
there’s no telling
what part of your body
i will target first
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Day 22
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butterfly in the sky (20170421)
the butterfly
delivers secrets
one flower at a time
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Day 21
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Words and Feathers 