Thursday, February 21, 2008
Chicken or egg?
Tincture Sometimes creativity is stored in a bottle under a label that I doubted Vintage unknown I drink the tincture Hoping for different results Sometimes I’m like the ever changing light of the stained glass window; crafted to capture essence without fully allowing image Secret portals which...
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
... and I used to be one of these people?!?!
(Statue in downtown L.A) Wealth? Personal perjury spilling from double cappuccinos Attaché cases carrying neatly stacked manila folders filled with parchment aspirations Suits running to trains, subways, or high-speed rails On their way to shaping world Advertisements flashing mutated success;...
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Who's for real anyway???
Impersonators How many times must one swat the fly before the winged creature surrenders The same repetition takes place on the streets as we duck and dodge cold pretenders
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Monday, February 18, 2008
Take a bow....
Act 2, Scene 4 From behind the painted veil and with each word carefully scripted or pulled from the air as if they were falling leaves I immerse myself in the pages of my life one sheet at a time The story unfolds I am summoned to play the leading role; protagonist of a 3 act play birth, living,...
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
There's so much diversity - even here in Blogit.
Diversity So maybe anyone who dreads bathing suit season hasn’t spent enough time under a burkah And maybe sitting back in the lazy chair fully contented from a home-cooked meal detaches us from the maize kernels of southern Africa As we sit in wooden pews do we think we are more blessed than...
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Saturday, February 16, 2008
The purity and joie de vive of dolphins.....
Dolphinesque Within the undulating ebony waters the dolphin calls to you in a language not of words, but that of satiable lover with power of breath and soulful sound Moon goddess holds sway over the tides Within her temple; her garden of Neptune, the dolphin trills and sings her morning call to...
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Friday, February 15, 2008
Joy trumps regret.
Thaw With embarrassing reticence my tears fall onto the pages of regret Sentimentality circling like vultures Yesterday’s dreams adrift like frozen leaves plummetting onto a white blanket of snow Laying there they become reminders of the seductive charm of self pity or stoic resignation Onto each...
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Thursday, February 14, 2008
Sipping amour....
Sip Without me, I’m nothing but with you, I’m more In silence I imagine rose petals on floors Delusions fall crashing with each taste of your lips From your chalice of crystal I sip lover’s sip
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
This lady rarely sings the blues.....
Blues Either you ease your troubles into remission, let them slide into softened space, or you can carry them to your death You can dump the gorillas you wish you never met or remain wondering if you’ll become their afternoon snack Would you perish from exposure or use your pocketknife to sever your...
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Where do you hide your special memories?
Forever Emotional archives; the trademark of meandering memory Diaries of adolescent turmoil and first loves Little notes carefully folded and tucked away for a lazy, rainy day Sepia tone photos with hairline cracks Faces of ancestry captured upon surreal and forgotten backdrops Never a smile but...
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