Author: cfblack
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Wallace Stevens revisited
Empire in apocalyptic disrepair The end is near Soggy cone Drips ice cream down arm and chin Mother says, “Silly boy – throw it out, wipe your chin, there’s always more.” 6-26-22
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Apologies to Kahlil Gibran
In the shade sat a prophet a spiritual superhero – so to say tired of a world always in travail tired of always being on call to work miracles they decided they no longer needed to work miracles and accepted death as their greatest miracle 6-25-22
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Retired marriage counselor
Sitting on your couch Watching reruns on TV You grew tired of trying to return Lonely socks to their mate Told them all to leave Bought a dozen pairs All the same – one size fits all Dumped them in your sock drawer Said, “Choose your own mate. It’s none of my business” 6-25-22
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Augury
I asked if a depressed bird sounds different than a cheerful bird you replied that emotion belongs to the listener and left me sitting alone with my emotions 6-24-22
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lazy hazy crazy days of summer haiku
morning cicadas tree top breakfast serenade lazy Summer day 6-23-22
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childhood revery
windless shade sittingbirds sing in insect choruschildhood revery 6-23-22
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Dark symphony
porch sitting summer solestice eve bare feet tap midnight call and response cicadas sing high descant tree frogs could not reach 6-21-22
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mysteries of the deep
last night you dreamed mysteries of the deep the wheeling of stars across the sky the peace of waves breaking on the shore woke you you thought for a moment you should ask your partner to rollover and stop snoring but decided you prefer the peaceful crashing of the sea and fell back to dreaming…
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how we engender unity
“Confront power,” they say “Bring down the power,” they say and you become the power the problem the target “Find another way,” I say 6-21-22
