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Rivers and Oceans
Are filled with wonderful beings
we are left awestruck
Lawless trawlers and haulers
wallets plastic and dollars.
 Jan 18 Francie Lynch
Grace
The shoreline isn't what it used to be.
It's staggered now; the smoothness has regressed,
and aquamarine ice is stinging the water
like a knife. The room itself is warm,
though stifled with smoke and dust. We go out
in the night and inhale.
The cold smells nice. Where is the moon?
Where are the stars? All I see are city lights to the south,
and an unbreakable darkness in the east.
I miss the sound of moving water,
and I dream of summer.
But how I love these winternights, tucked beneath blankets
and snow. An interval to the dissonance
of a January that is too warm, too dry.
In the early dawn, the sky is periwinkle darkened,
and the waves crash me a song reminiscent of you.
I wish
I had known
it was then
brain-fog
just for a moment
the opportunity
was lost

the right words
I failed to speak
(she was waiting
in such great expectation
with her I lost eye-contact

then she said:
'The wind
is brewing strong
I must leave
in case it were
to break
into a storm'
( a quick glimpse
of her I took
in her eyes
there was a tiny teardrop)-

evening was setting in
into the fading light
she walked
I couldn't find
the words to say-
my heart grievously broke!
@@@i am@@@
@@@ flowers in a ***@@@
@@@@ growing but a slave@@@@
@@@@ to the container i am in@@@@
@@@@ my planter is my grave @@@@
@@@@ my gardener @@@@
@@@ my @@@
J
A
I
L
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R
my *** is just a cell • and though
i'm watered carefully • my
life is living hell • i die
slowly in prison • my
roots cannot break
free • please plant
me in a garden •
for you are killing
me • give my roots a place to spread
save me from this fate • i will die sure
and slowly • please! it's not too late! •
i'm just some flowers in a *** • but i'm
living and i sing • respect that i have
purpose • for i'm a living thing •**
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Write of Passage aka
Invisible inc aka
SoulSurvivor
(C) 12/9/2015


Ssawe all need room to grow
All work and low pay
makes Jack a....

The passage of time is lit by the lights of the night shift
which waits for the morning to come.

Lucky?
I could be
but *** me this government
doesn't make it easy.

...and so
I sleep because dreams are
cheap entertainment.
If something can't go
on forever . . .
it won't .

It is wise to consider
the end before it actually comes upon you .

A hard knot must have a harder wedge
Back to the land of one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing, nothing changes except change and that change is being short-changed by the money men down in the city.

The Dollar and Sterling
when we need a
Grace Darling to light us the way.

Robbing Peter to pay Paul
puts food on the table
but tarnishes the soul

note: it could tarnish Saul too.

For those who didn't make it
take it from me
making it isn't the be-all and
end all
it only feels like it.
A tangled tourniquet is left
In mankind's stippled wake
Whoever claims to speak the truth
Inevitably sounds fake,
For he who over fills the wine
To brimming, claims the score...
Whereupon, in actual fact,
He invariably spills the wine, amore.

The braggard broaches loudly
In terms of absolute
To crush all opposition
To crown himself, a brute.
In each and every household
Obsequious, at best,
Opinions fly like shrapnel
To argue out the quest.

The man is an enigma
In his age of scarlet gold
Where his argument's disruptions
Contrive a hundredfold.
Where the phantom of his black intrigue
Bastes the pudding sour
And the spirit of our crystal truth
Desiccates by hour.

Whosoever brandishes
The tarnished flag of truce
In claiming saintly altruism
Burnishes no use,
For every individual
Who breathes upon this earth
Has guilty misconception
Determined... by his girth.

Flatulence forsaken, friend,
Let all men bear blame,
Regardless of religion
Or belief in the ordained
For the curtain is now closing
The final act now played
And God forgive that glutton
Who gobbles to the grave.

[email protected]
18 January 2025
In trepidation of the rise of the Gorgonzola early next week
No more than words
On a page
Is the government
Yet we are
All
Disobeying it
Some of it
Some more than others
Like angry big brothers
Big boxes of documents
Never recover
What’s lost
Are the funds
You entrust
Will secure you
Empower
Sustain
In your outrage
Endure you
So long as your faith
Remains blind in devotion
To weathering storms
Of off-shoring erosion
To bettering forms
Of corruption
Construction
To meeting their quotas
Upscaling production
Like any adventures
And exploits
Abroad
Can’t admit
Execution
Was critically flawed
As domestically
Status quo silents  
Attest
To disquieting riots
And civil unrest
Why don't we steal away

And let me love you tonight

Because you and I've been in love to long

And I'd really love to see you tonight.

So why don't we steal away

(So you can)

Do that to me one more time

(You know )

I'm all out of love

And I can never get enough of a girl like you.

Cause Honey you are my shining star

(In fact you are)

You are The biggest part of me.

And that's how much I feel, feel for you Baby

But most of all I do love you

STILL.
line 1 Robbie Dupree
line 2 Pure Prairie League
line 3 Ambrosia
line 4 England Dan and John ford Coley
line 5 Robbie Dupree
line 6 Captain and Tennille
line 7 Air Supply
line 8 Captain and Tennille
line 9 The Manhattans
line 10-11 Ambrosia
line 12 The Commodores
Ok so this is far from being a good poem but it was just a little experiment I did with a new you tube video.
every line was from a song on the Billboard hot 100 for the year 1980
Checkout the video on my channel
www.youtube.com/@tsummerspoetry
thanks.
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