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27 Nov 2024

Faltering voices


I don’t know much about Marlon Brando
other than he’s much like the universe
complex & full of contradictions

Makes me think of Hemingway whom I’ve
read is complex & full of contradictions
having an affinity for that split
second before death

I once knew this girl in high school
she sang just like Janis Joplin
her voice masterful & voluminous
as if projecting from another world
complex yet uncontradictory


november two thousand twenty-four
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29 Aug 2024
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Four Versions of Autumn


I

Like a black cat in the night
Vocal but unseen
Chasing the moon past the horizon
Pretending to be a bear
Finding a place to hibernate
Before the first snowfall

II

A child rushes in
Only to be thrown back out
Ricocheting like a toon
Totally in control
Screaming at the highs
And crying with the lows
LIttle chance of ever
Not being noticed

III

Taking from the past
Offering colorful warmth
With open arms
The next day projecting glimpses
Of the days to come
Short & cold & unforgiving

IV

Autumn’s diversity
Changing like a chameleon
Depending on the color of the moon
Morning
Noon
And night


august two thousand twenty-four
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04 Aug 2024

Unresolved


I don’t have issues
needing to be resolved
nor do I suffer
from any sort of complication
physical or otherwise

Are far as the various
personalities
residing inside this body
they are no less complicated
than a trip to the moon
or a lovely stroll
down lavender lane


august two thousand twenty-four
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