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We’ll hitchhike to mars
on a rocket not a car,
so say your au revoirs.

We’ll steer towards Polaris, the north star
right through the center of the milky-way-bar.
See, the universe is dark and chocolatey.

Stars that glitter like multi-faceted gems,
are just shiny, yellow, peanut M&Ms,
take a handful, if you’d like, they’re free.

We’ll dodge the silhouetted moon,
which is made of enough coconut macaroon,
to make a French confectioner swoon.

As we go streaking, like a comet’s tail,
drag a finger through Saturn’s rings as well,
those are made of marshmallow.

We’ll  pass nebulae made of cotton-kandi,
and here’s a fact Einstein would have found handy,
the speed of light doesn’t apply to candy.
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Ramble on by Toni Jevicky
No temo a la soledad del desierto,  
ese vasto espejo donde el eco  
se devuelve intacto,  
sin máscaras.  

No temo al amor ausente,  
a ese fantasma  
que otros persiguen  
con redes de palabras huecas.  

Mis ojos no retroceden  
ante sonrisas apagadas,  
esas que fueron faros  
y ahora son luciérnagas muertas  
en frascos de nostalgia.  

Las supernovas no me asustan.  
Yo mismo fui polvo de estrellas,  
resto de un Big Bang  
que aún resuena  
en mis costillas.  

Nunca regalé piropos  
como monedas falsas.  
Respeté los jardines ajenos,  
aún cuando mis manos  
se secaban  
por falta de rocío.  

Así aprendí a caminar:  
mirando primero la tierra,  
luego las siluetas,  
por si acaso  
alguna sombra  
quisiera ser mi dueña.  

Los ojos azules no me cazaron,  
ni el cabello café  
que huele a promesas,  
ni esas manos  
—suaves jaulas—  
que solo buscaban  
aprisionar  
lo que el viento  
se llevaría.  

Sigo esperando el barco  
que no tema anclar  
cuando las nubes  
se vuelvan puñales.  
La que prefiera mis olas,  
aun las más bravas,  
a los mares tranquilos  
donde solo flotan  
corazones de plástico.  

Mientras, navego  
en aguas prestadas,  
náufrago de mí mismo,  
mordiendo sal  
y escupiendo versos.  

Las estrellas,  
esas cobardes hermosas,  
huyen del amanecer.  
Yo no.  
Me quedo  
a ver cómo la luz  
me desnuda  
sin piedad.  

Mel Zalewsky.
Every drop that falls
Is part of an echo
Distanced by the valley
Surrounded by the mountains
Carried by the winds
Silenced by the rain
Joining the million
On an untraveled path
Into little streams
To make a waterfall

Distanced by the valleys
Carried by the winds
Since ancient times
Absorbed by the roots
Nourishing the soul
Of Mother Earth

A drop into eternity
Journey it takes, joyfully
Joined by a million
To be
A part of the whole
Eternally
I blow the new dust
off the old dust ,
the dust that remains forever.
I told her ,
"You steal my time
and my money ,
my house and
all my integrity .
But you will never steal my heart ."
You need not hide
behind your poetry
You need not resist
what you believe
Your words are there upon the page
The naïve are deceived
Your greatest fears define you,
your closed mind is never free..
Loop us through your poetic spells..
Infect us with your bigotry…
Traveler Tim

I’m called the traveler because I have been all over this world and back. People are good people every everywhere you go..
Here ─
In the loquacious silence
Of the white noise in my mind
I knew I wasn't present

My mother was near ─
With her mind withdrawn
Absent to some place
That dated from ages ago

My father would disappear ─
Only to continue being far
Once he was back
Now travelling into the future


And I have gathered a life without
Now
Right
Here
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