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Politicians
are simply
socially sanctioned con-men
(and women)
with taxpayer salaries
and a teleprompter.
A bit of a generalization, but still.
quiet chaos
resting silently inside a soul
longly lost by the spirit
that meditates calmly now
inside the dome filled by dark emptiness
it's cold, a freezing gloom
but the breeze is pleasant
it awakens my whole being
making me realise
what a fulfilled emptiness I am living
emptiness is a dark deep blue
and it makes everything so clear
 Jan 2016 Adam Childs
Poetic T
Made with fading ink, she was so delicate she
Played upon the page, ink was all I could see
Pretty delicate lines  were etched but there was
Pity in these fragile lines I etched then paused.

I was falling in love with this woman on a page,
Cry as I might she was locked in a pencilled cage
So many imprints were erased redrawn within her
Flow she was all beauty became a confused blur.

Fingers shook not wanting to ruin this moment, it
Lingers in my heart, this picture I do wishfully knit.
Above I hover of her features, but she is static, still
Doves are etched on my heart but are silently fanatic.

Not able to lift a pencil she has captivated me I am
Fraught with delusions of love inanimate, I am her lamb.
Caught in her smuggled eyes where tears have descended
Thought is my savours as I realise and erase her it is ended.
 Jan 2016 Adam Childs
wordvango
make me a poem make me eternal
call me a rose make me
alive like the strawberry sky you see
or meadow grasses softly blowing in the wind
make me that streetcar you caught in 69
down in Haight- Ashbury
or the words to a song sing me
delicately
just like Joni Mitchell would
call me out make me bleed
out
or just mention me once
In da dark , way for dawn
I sing song
Alone
Way bein ye at
Sing with me a song
Sing . . . sing
Sing ya heart out
Sing cause there is no sun coming
And there's to be no morrow
Dress today to shine
In splendid glory
Come sings . . . sings
With me and mize dreams
While we wait
We can sing
As it's too late
Much late
Much too late
Sings with me
 Jan 2016 Adam Childs
Mike Essig
Love and war
are much alike.
Both are exhilarating,
both frightening,
neither last.

~ mce
 Jan 2016 Adam Childs
Mike Essig
I could never
be married
to myself.
We just aren't
that compatible.

  ~mce
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