Wednesday, September 8, 2021

The Man At The Bridge (!)

 

the softer horizon, with glossy eyes, moving through ourselves. we might desire truth, afraid of her, hidden somewhere … not few are looking, ever to find wealth, somewhere they can’t take our pain. I include you. you might disagree. condition is unawareness. maybe a colder soul, born of ice trays, rich in mental skills, maybe filled with prowess, strewing wilderness, like life is a parable. maybe a talisman locket, grandmother’s ache, grandfather’s magic. maybe freedom is real, an inheritance, despite, color, anguish, maybe it doesn’t afflict you. you’ve never been a zealot, poetry is mawkish, there’s not much to unsay. travail is natural, intelligence is superficial, intuition is like saying, “God.” not much for impulsivity. met a person, married that person, had kids (it’s natural). wouldn’t be a journalist, too much conjuring; not interested in that anchor, too much conjuring; fogginess means, let it go; cloudberries, maybe a glass, steep in sternness—free to assert what’s natural. many are shocked, you should be religious, the belt is too much conjuring. not much for tourists. not keen on sad songs. we must measure what we put in. nothing is surreal. science hasn’t the picture. fancy seems dangerous. one spouse. one mind. one law.     I want to assert something, like easiness is mauling you; it isn’t that at all.      

I’d Save The Reader Years

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