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Wednesday, July 9, 2008

Where are the drums?

The wind be a'knocking bodies down, Carcass hits the floor, Floods be a'flowing thrugh the town, Scattered living want no more. Who will beat Whitman's drums for the humanity Left? Would any answer the call? What demon created these misery-machines so Deft? Cutting down any who stand tall. Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, July 7, 2008

Blood Rain

The music's stopped; All the notes gone - Ink erased; All matter's been exploded to dust. Existence now is a pale Shade of gray, And I cower before the Empty Earth. Weeping in an attempt to Fill the now-dry seas, Bleeding out thoroughly - Trying to make fertile the now-barren Earth. If only my blood... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Needle in the hay.

Life would have it no other way, That what I search for – More elusive than a needle in the hay. I get my fingers cut and bloody, Tearing apart dry straw, I sneeze and wheeze amongst the Dust. I crawl on hands and knees, Tearlessly weeping in the pity of Myself. Ripping through stacks, Broken... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 4, 2008

Rose is born

Rose's roots feed in The filthy earth; Rose's petals stained red With the passion of its own birth. Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

To the moon soon.

Laid bare-backed on beaches, Waves crashing - vibrating my ear, Opened eyes – observed the universe, Begged to absorb it, begged to understand; But no spirit imparts such comprehension, None are willing – So I sit sun-burning still, Letting my brain move quick and swift, Trying to work out formulas... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Where's my Today?

Sick o’ hearing about someday, I just want to shut my brain and float away, Sleep silently on rivers drifting, Until a new sun Me it can reawake, I’m tired of listening to your ‘someday’, I just want to sleep your life away – I wish to wake in a brighter Today. That’s all. Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Bring In

Bring in the chorus, Bring in the prophets – And the know-alls and the Gods, Bring in those who claim divinity, Wipe down dirty looking glass – Present please some clarity. Bring out words telling, That wrap men up like tentacles. Who creates such death spectacles? Closed eyed – Bloody, open brain,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, June 29, 2008

Crumbling Sky

The crumbling cascade - That hits the ground heavy, Scattering thoughts onto the promenade - Water level rising; breaking the levee. Yeah, clouds crash - BANG and SMASH! That big ol' thunder clap, Robbing people of their Re-lax, Stopping young lovers quick Before climax. And the skies come crashing... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, June 28, 2008

Peak.

I strode slowly on earth Flat and lonely, Pitter pat pittery - Be my only symphony. Felt the earth tremble, As if in anger or in ecstacy, Rippled itself up suddenly, No longer do I stride solemn In the flat plains of the earth - Now I stand crowning mountains, Scribbling observations from the Peak. Sign in to see full entry.

Finger's Lament.

Finger's slit - Bleedin' out an ink-drip, Trying to catch my feet, Before I slip - before I sleep, Down, down, DOWN, lost the beat, Slow, slow, SlOW, they creep, I'm done, DONE, gone - begone? Sing, sing, bring? Sing two times, To someone else's song? I'm leaving out the door of life, Right though... Sign in to see full entry.

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