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Die Götterdȁmmerung: Twilight of the gods Twilight falls for everyone The gods themselves knew moratality Fading unwillingly into mystery. In Vallhala’s Halls they all stand Waiting for that suspension of disbelief To live only for a brief time Again There is a beginning and an end To all things And... Sign in to see full entry.

CHLOE! The bloom has not yet left the rose Sweet flower of magic dreams I hear your song Chloe And listen carefully To silent melodies you play The lyrics you do not sing The words you do not say The things you do not want Us to know Chloe! Wake from night’s illusion See The eternity of each living... Sign in to see full entry.

THE BLUES I got the blues A mesmerizing stare Into melancholy. A soft mellow feeling Without the yellow haze. A sweet resignation To Inevitability A letting go But Not a giving in. No delusions Just my mind incognito In deep seclusion For the time being. Nothing to see No bother for the seeing. And... Sign in to see full entry.

ON THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON II I think I’m lost somewhere Between here and infinity. I’m beyond all recognition Paralyzed Atrophied By this strange alienation I now see in me. My heart and soul have grown cold I f eel the touch Of My progressive degeneration Fading into shadows Pale. My mind is... Sign in to see full entry.

TWO EGGS FRIED DEEP IN OLIVE OIL-updated [Grandma’s kitchen: 1948 In loving memory] I watched her mesmerized As she fried two large eggs Deep in olive oil. Then She placed them tenderly Between two slices of American white bread. Second mistake. A culinary clash of cultures At my expense There was... Sign in to see full entry.

THE FALL INTO MADNESS The signs are there But The mind does not yet perceive The insidious degeneration Festering its own insanity Until The serpents sting Strikes with unspeakable vengeance And then There is a rapid fall into madness. The Soul begs release From the agony Of fear and confusion And... Sign in to see full entry.

Prometheus again And he said: Tell me, My Lord Mon Seigneur Tell me again Why do You inflict This violence On Man. What madness seizes You To do the things You do Why give the gifts You give Only to take them away. Tell me, again What is the failure of humankind What sin What fall Why are they blind... Sign in to see full entry.

NARCISSE You are the cream in my coffee The apples in my apple pie The joy in my Almond Joy You are my inspiration The reason for my being The lyrics of the songs I sing The ecstasy of my d reams You are purity and sensuality The image of Plato’s perfection You are all I want All I need You are what... Sign in to see full entry.

OLIM CREDIDI Once I believed in the Sublimity of Creation The Sanctity of a shared Humanity Then There was a Holocaust The world was touched by evil And lost its Innocence. Once I believed in the mystery Of a Soul A continuation to another side The promise of Eternity Then Death took its toll on all... Sign in to see full entry.

RIGHTS OF PASSAGE I’ve seen the end of So many journeys Over and over again In this God’s world I’ve marked their pains and sufferings Their losses and their wins Terrors I wish I’d never witnessed And Helpless to ease their passing through Alone They faced their rights of passage Seized by Life’s... Sign in to see full entry.