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My mind is lost as I emerge,From rooms, rooms turned around,Things missing as I stand, somewhere,I pause for the ground to settle. One lone figure gives me assurance,That I am not lost, yet I feel lost,Not scared but lost in a fog of uncertainty,Should I laugh, should I cry, be afraid? I search myself forContinue reading “Confusion”

Romance was in the cards,Gypsy paths to cross,The truth of cartomancy,Forfend the reader,Ancient Egyptian origins,Fortune telling divination,Or story of untruth byIlliterate Romani tellers

Approaching quietly, I slit her throat,I laid her gently in the boat,To a stone her feet were lashed,In the water her body splashed. She asked me why I cut her throat,Dumped her body in the moat,“I knew you not”, we’d never seen,The other in the flesh or dream. Tiller firm the motor puttered,Water black asContinue reading “Murder”

Have you any dreams you’d like to sell?In a dream I can find my élan,I would pay dearly for a mystery,One turbidly colored, with an onion plot. I find comfort in their misdirection,In the riddle of their many meanings,Of misplaced lights and shapes,With no hyponym to search for. Do you have one for sale?The ephemeraContinue reading “Dream Search”

The old house is barely standing,Almost no one lives there now,Only voiceless groans at nighttime,And shadows on the prowl. Stories are told of a young lady,Her husband had an affair,Tells a tale of a twisted body,Found at the bottom of stairs. After dusk the moonlight shows,A smile on the face of a girl,Floating silently byContinue reading “Black Flower”

I lay upon my belly,An avoidance of being seen,I view some distant movement,Through skies of milky green. I crawl a crawl of fear,Watching for the shadow wraith,Sailing predator flying above,A swooping judge of fate. Slithering through the ochre dirt,To my hole to find safe shelterWithout a loricate shield,I bathe in heating swelter.

I know that night is coming,‘Cause day just said goodbye,Should I prepare something special?Or dress in coat and tie? He prances and dances up the lane,Black coat behind him flowing,With dark eyes like the ocean floor,A breeze around him blowing. He barks like a carnival busker,Putting moon on ball and chain,A crowd of revelers followsContinue reading “Dusk Upon Us”

I will build a shop with no shingles,A place to hide mistakes,Bad decisions under lock and key,To protect my spirit’s ache. I may need to expand the shop,Hidden, as it is from traffic,There’s no address to search,Only I know how to find it. I visit my shop from time to time,Even as the memories fade,LikeContinue reading “Errors Along the Way”

You have a look that’s so routine,Clothed in colors of ugly green,A motion picture that won’t be seen,You’ve a simple look, no beauty lean. I’ll trim you here, cut you there,No fruit on you to careful bear,No pot too dull or flame to flare,No striking face or subtle stare. My thoughts give me but littleContinue reading “Rude Mood”