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Daily Archives: June 24, 2005
Gray Days #4
She’s waiting on the deputy, but he never comes; got her finger on the trigger, sucking silent on her thumb; and the ninety ninth caller has just been struck dumb: like an old pair of stockings he just turned to run. … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged depression, isolation, loneliness, pointlessness, psychology, television
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Dividing Up the Blame
Wind blowing through a courtyard Shattered windows turn their broken eyes on me Blind, can’t see the street because I’m crying for my soul is in the gutter, trying to find release Is there something on that wall? Looks like … Continue reading
Posted in Poems, Statements
Tagged blame, desperation, homelessness, responsibility, seasons, winter
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Sometimes a phrase
Sometimes a phrase, or single word, will prompt a poem. How absurd to think that there is some great plan on my part; so few understand how unlike following a chart this process is. There is no start or end … Continue reading
Posted in Poems
Tagged gifts, illumination, inspiration, poetry, secrets, surprises, writing
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Stop all the clocks
Stop all the clocks! The hours must halt their slow and steady marching on; let all lay fallow in default until this fickle mood is gone. Stop all the movement of the sun and stars against a sombre sky; let … Continue reading