Tag: spirit
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Self Made (Poetry)
Where the thief rests his sword Behind rows of chiseled bone In a heady room of acidic sweet The stories twist and convulse Dribble from a self made noose -KMO
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Questions (Poetry)
Where did you come from? I rode the first ray of sunlight that kissed virgin land Why have you come?Like a bird from its nest I was nudged, of which I only accepted What will you do? I will live and die, returning to my fathers hand Where’s your father? I am here therefore, he…
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Guilt (Poetry)
How many men will scream when the end arrives to collect Tell your brothers to bundle the guilt scattered across the world Don’t be like the one who creates himself a bastard With your head in your hands, the world spins forever Like the hum of plans and fools We can burn the effigy, no…
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Web (Discourse)
The great behemoth, the towering giant. Flowers burst from the palm of its left hand. The hand is open and gives. A sword of fire clenched in the right hand. This hand takes and manipulates. With modern tech we are left with scale and choice, as we are with all things created by man. Will…
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Piebald (Poetry)
Across the knuckles of a single road Cutting the crumbled bank The piebald fawn was last to follow With a sobbing winter Shivering and shaking Down the apple valley Cradled into mothers wooden hip The women dance naked The men chew their trips Shivering and shaking Leaving the body for dirt With humble courage, cross…
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That (Poetry)
Watching from afar, folded into subtleties, that good spirit She sold herself, finally a mother, that good witch Like a deal with fingers crossed Like the smile in your own punch line Locked between mirrors, forgetting who’s who, that American game Juggling in a chemical circus, Irish remedy, that boiling blood Like a pot run…
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Scale (Discourse)
Good and evil, whatever that means to anyone with enough balls to define it. These are the extremes bestowed on a comprehensive entity. A left and right, top and bottom of the same body. Each man carries the capacity for fantastic extremes. He is born a magician, conjuring spirits with this thing that is good…