The fool swayed on stage
While the fools lapped it all up
“I don’t need you fools”
“I’ve fooled enough already”
As the fools all fell in line
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walls made of our stuffstacked in cattywampus rowsselfmade labyrinth -
balanced on the crustof economies pie chartdebt magnet pulls me -
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freeze the frieze in timecaptured on a viaductor just graffiti -
Few that I call friendOver time fewer still hearBattles fought each yearEven when they were long lostStill grateful to see you near -
A fresh layer snow
What prints shall we leave this time
History tracks us
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My last found loverCan seduce like no otherHer special allureTurns my awkward blue chatterTo slutty sapphire banter -
Groomed in the sixtiesFor draft in the seventiesNation said, “Nevermind.”
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from a furtive glanceto glancing blow use the chance
to view each askance -
the taste of a steak
cooked on my old charcoal grill
flavor moooooves me still -
Expose film to light Dark. Chemical bath. More light. Develop photo You're the film exposed to light Be the paper of your life
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events sadden me
scratch at my devices gate
but I refuse to
throw myself down rabbit holes
with no more bunnies to give -
on the upside it's
not twenty five twenty five
so we're still alive -
twenty twenty five
has begun the demise of
the beguine again -
Endings all around
Beginnings around us too
Trick is which is which -
Three wise guys showed up
With former partner moaning
Rattling life chains
Fugetaboutit was first
Repast from the distant past
Then arrived Liveit
Or Livewithit in a blink
As an instant wink
Hovering in the doorway
Was you know who arriving
Imminent glory
Dontworryaboutit now
Pay for it later
Wide open to interpret
Past Present Future
