Category: Poetry
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Blinding Lies — Delusions Of Misinformation
Lies, lies, and more lies … yes, this is another old but relevant one…; -) Lies and Other Delusions Sun set, moon rise, sunrise, moon setBlue sky, too high, we fly, they try. In windowed spaces, the cut-off viewProclaims the falsehoods, the blind call true. While most are living in squalid need,There’s more than plenty…
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Kitsune
Kitsune Kitsune frolic and playmischievous magicon display Magical fox spiritfull of malevolencesome may say Feminine beautyand grace a tacticmuch to our human dismay –LE – 10/20/25
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Artifice Our Disguise
Artifices We All Hide Behind… Yes, Our Truths Hidden Behind Masks We all wear them, morning to night,cradle to grave – Inspired by societies, primitive and new,to fool us, the gods, and especially the demons –the demons within, and out in the world. Welcome to the future, where maskscreate and hide the fear and deceit,…
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Oh Drat !
Oh Drat ! went to makemy signaturesloppy Joses todayonly to findI didn’t havemost of myusual ingredients no probleminprov is my forte no tomatoesand green chilieswhat to dowhat to do ah …roasted tomatoestomato pastemore chili powdersalt and black pepper the result wasless than edifyingreally not very goodusually betterthe second daybut no second-dayreprieve was granted that’ll teach…
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The Devil Went Down To Georgia
The Devil Went Down To Georgiaperformed by Voiceplay The devil went down to GeorgiaHe was looking for a soul to stealAnd he was in a bind‘Cause he was way behindAnd was willin’ to make a dealWhen he came upon a boy playing on a fiddleAnd playin’ it hotAnd the devil jumped up on a hickory…
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Shadow Of Time
Shadow Of Time Time casts its shadowover every surfacenook and cranny ofbody and mind Shrouds all lifeIn chaos and strife But sometimes incompanionablewarmthlets friends andlovers thrivefor a time A deceptive winkagainst the harshnessof the future’stoo bright lightwhile looking backto distill truth fromthe hiddendark placesthe past always hides Time’s shadowsmix in the mindcorrupting analysiscertainty and evenrecent…
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Long Life
Long Life I’ve lived a long liferelatively speakingcompared to ancestorsages long past it seems life expectancyis about to increaseexponentiallydue to science and tech provided we keep our witsdon’t force extinction bythose same gambitscoming home to haunt us Gambits, yeshuman hubris being soubiquitous among ourscientists and engineers not to mention those whorule and own us…makes ‘long…
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My Youngest Sister
My Youngest Sister My youngest sistertook her final breaththis morning aroundmidnight We were never closetoo many years between usour worldsbut intermittent glimpses Hersof a working single momdivorced and independentstood on her own in her far-off home Now she’s gone before her time She should be writing these linesnot mea distant brotherfar older There seems no…
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Heavy Rain And Cats
Heavy Rain And Cats two days of off and onheavy rains temporary lakes in the yardfront and back cats hanging out onthe porch’s sheltering sweep looking for handoutseven more food and water other than rainwaterthey’ll even settle for dry food cold rain drives snobberyof the devas away at least for the feline posselazing by the…
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Mid-October Sunday Morning Ride
Mid-October Sunday Morning Ride the morning air moist and freshafter yesterday’s rainlarge and small animal tracksstanding out in the damp butdrying mud of the riverbeda little standing waterhere and therebut the floodwatersare gone a multitude of skinkscrisscrossing the pathfinally out of theirhidey-holes a-trollin’ the sky overheada brilliant deep bluefaded to the horizonsartist-clouds ofPayne’s gray to…
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