o

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.
.
oooooo. ooo. o.
never was a sound
more mournful

shape the lips
round opening
pass from it
the o of soul
the o of love
the o of loss
breathy
like the whisper
of something sacred
.
.
.
.

Again

.
.
I read your Christmas Card
a disconsolate repeat
for the tears
which died
there
in your ink
.
.
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Only Death Is Still

.
.
Hold very still
hold
s t i l l
while we batter your body
with radiology

but...
but my heart
still beats
within quiescent cage!!

Deep breath
h-o-l-d

but...
but doesn't it matter?
Shouldn't it?

.
.
..

My light

I don't believe
in past lives
or the light
you say I lack
but can purchase
moved
for sixty bucks
moved
from where I hid it
to where I need it

but I see my light
small
here
now

it's not going anywhere
it hasn't been
.
.
.
.

Blue

I look at your eyes
blue marble
like the birth
of new worlds
exploding
into revelation
.
.
.
.
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The Offering

Them ducks
care little of me
but for the bread
that falls from my hand

castoffs
from her sandwich
not even
my own morsel

and they know...

beady eyes clarify
disinterest
when the palms
fall empty
.
.
.
.

On My Mind

Hey!
Hey you!

My silence is shouting

The dog heard
I thought
for she scratched her ear





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Reminiscence

Have you a moment
for a reminisce?
It isn't easy
but for my face
which once was
in an older day




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