untuned
double images do combat
over sensory organs fighting
to survive orientation
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double images do combat
over sensory organs fighting
to survive orientation
(76 Characters incl spaces)
#Micropoetry
Mom used to say that Rain
was God putting the air out to wash.
The smell was wonderful.
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Within stone walls ten inches thick
rain goes unnoticed. It takes #thunder
to get our attention, only to have us
shrug it off.
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curled dog murmurs
& dreams of six pups
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sunlight pours torrents of colors
through the stained glass dome
of a city where wholeness is king
& youth queen
above a forgotten realm
of the old & broken
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Once
every plane
or flock of birds
was cause
to study the sky.
Now we live
behind dark glasses
too busy
with the sunblock
to look up.
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soldier in the night
under siege feels even more
her lips on his neck
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Take the clock.
Take the wall it hangs on
& anything else you please.
You can have
ALL my time;
just leave the bed
& let me sleep
while you use it.
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Saturday night was dark.
Morning brought the man no light.
A cold wind blew and the lakeshore called.
He drove to embrace it.
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I wonder,
is this pain
any different
from what we shut out
before?
And how will we handle it
differently?
Escape?
Embrace?
Avoidance?
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