do you see it there
a foreigner in the night sky
a light never before seen
solid & unblinking
perhaps a child of mars or venus
or a runaway satellite
hungry for attention
& inching closer
with each lunar cycle
until one night suddenly
completely out of the picture
april two thousand twenty-four
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the pyramids of the cosmos
far too many light years away
to be seen by any
man-made eye
they’ve been replicated
right here on earth
a parallel reconciliation
understood by ancient egyptians
—the cosmic mystery of
interconnectedness
it takes more than mirror images
& wishful thinking
to conquer the stars
more than stepping in & out
of consciousness
on a sofa
talking to your shrink
december two thousand twenty-two
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it knows everything about you
and over the course of a lifetime
gradually lets you in on your
own little secrets
birth charts and palm lines
reciting and memorizing
practicing as if for the first time
words and phrases capturing
past and future events
resurrecting houseplants
from the brink of death
dealing cards by candlelight
gradually realizing
accumulating knowledge
can be a dangerous thing
there comes a point in time
everything circling around you
explodes into complete focus
leaving you empowered
at least momentarily
transported at your command
at one with the cosmos
october two thousand nineteen
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she’s in a better place now
he mumbled to himself
retying his wingtips on the bathroom stool
dabbing his finger with his tongue
and erasing old smudge marks
she never felt comfortable
walking in her own shoes
choosing instead to be someone else
like a promising young star
searching for that perfect role
he walked back into the parlor
and mingled among the living
wondering where in the macrocosm
her consciousness had landed
now that her body lay in state
june two thousand fourteen
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