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Twelve O’Clock

The clock reads midnight Minute hand poised as if pointing While it hides its hour brethren One of only two perfect times In the course of every day Night owls gather around To bellow and moan, both in time With the beat of my heart Rushed and intermittent Trapped in this chest of mine And … Continue reading Twelve O’Clock

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Personal

It’s not personal It’s just… happenstance Just a conflagration of circumstance and need Rolled together And pressed flat Fighting for position In this rather tangled mind And it’s not about you You with your hyper ambivalence All just put on for show In your push and pull mentality That conscious constant need For understanding When … Continue reading Personal

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Shifting Gears

I shifted gears Drive to neutral Neutral to drive In blurry motions Trapped in the space Between 0 and 60 Repetitive Dangerously real Consequence moving Fast and hard Like throwing dice And coming up snake eyes Engine revved Purring smoothly But ineffective As I used to be Before the fall Prior to this A moment … Continue reading Shifting Gears

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Profile

Hands pressed hard against the wall Assuming the all-too-familiar position Flashbulbs going off, blinding white Traveling at the speed of sound He shifts from one foot to the other Asking the audience for forgiveness Of one kind or another Or a pleasant kind of interlude Not unlike a skip in a record That keeps playing … Continue reading Profile

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At Sunrise

Her hair falls down in curls Tumbling loose around her shoulders Framing a heart-shaped face Turned up toward the rising sun A smile crosses her thin lips Rouge-touched and soft as rain She waits for the morning tide Hoping it takes her far away Slip-shod and muddy as it is The ocean calls her name … Continue reading At Sunrise