Monday, December 27, 2021

Redundant Exits

 

dreams are amazing. their fruition in clouds.

moving faster and quicker sitting in stillness.

silver shadows, same mistakes, rage of the cobra’s eyes.

moon bit, liquid tomorrows, penalty in a scream;

shaking from temblors, walking at my hindsight,

leaving one last impression.

either/or,

moreover, pain,

a man, his bottle, laid dead, near a sewer—

his legacy outwitted, blasé, left to critical critiques.

by its balance, unknitted,

resewn,

dreaming one into some creation.

a valley of marbles,

courage of tigers,

heartbeat of a jaguar.

a gunning intellect, a silent thumb, an imprint on his sleeve.

an issue,

a pitchfork to his dungeon,

running so swiftly,

around a mountain,

back to a starting exit.

Time was Brief

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