
Details uttered.
Dispatched. Delivered.
Purpose: provoke.
Prime point
broken.
Empty
words without worth.
Context abandoned,
Spurious spirits sparked.
Outrage assured.

Details uttered.
Dispatched. Delivered.
Purpose: provoke.
Prime point
broken.
Empty
words without worth.
Context abandoned,
Spurious spirits sparked.
Outrage assured.
I’m the tortured poet
sitting solumnly
during starlit hours
staring at blank screen.
A local indyjazz band,The Monsters,has openeda nightclubin my basement. Patronsgrooveto their coolrhythmsand riffsuntil weeearly-morninghours despitemy tirelesspleasto taketheir tunesto moreneighborlyvenues.
In small hours I awakeDisrupting deep darkness sleepingDream ghosts seeping, creeping my thoughts Goodbye, happy hibernationYou were a luxury while you lingeredDelivering requisite resting rest Yet drowsiness laughsWarning me who’s in chargeRest less head syndrome Relax, restless spiritRegrets warrant respiteSweet slumber to salve the soul
BalanceRight pulls.Left resists.Forward leans.Back strains.The core gives permissionif we aren’t steady.Too far left.Too far right.Forward.Backward.Too quickly.We sway.We fall.Step, squat,stand.Step, squat,stand.Reach right.Hold.Reach left.Hold.Lunge forward.Rise.Lunge back.Rise.The body workseach side,again,again,until strengthstands tall.The body learnsto livebetween falls.Between fallswe live.Gravity wants medown.I rise.I stand.I rise.I stand.We sway left.We sway right.We tip forward.We tip back.But we must stay centered.To our core.Or…
Once in a high desert so hot, so dry,A whale was lost; no ocean nearby.He swam through sands, with heavy heart,Longing for water, a new voyage to chart. A seagull, named Jack, with sour tongue knife sharp,Swooped next to the whale, listening to him harp.“Ha!” said Jack, “What an ironic sight,A whale in this scorched,…
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