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The Petty Player Who Rarely Sleeps

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Nothing's Sadder Than A Rose

The Great Tsunami Of Our Growing Grief written 3/2.2021--retitled 3/14/2021

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Wild and Unraveling

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These Hands Exist July 4 2023 rei-edited 7/12/2023

I Am The Color Of Black

The Tide of Your Lies (2019-2023)

How I Wanted Your Pearls 6/24/2023 WRITTEN DIRECTLY TO THE PAGE

Love Wants What Love Wants re-edited 5/31/023

Winter's Been Too Long.... 4/18/2023 (LONGING)

The Dreaming Life ( A Series Of Dream Vignettes)

Like A Small Street Dog Lured In By The Promise Of Meat

This Is What Mermaids Dream Of

At Night, As I Dream of Vampires Who Have No Bad Intentions

And You Will Be Called Ashes As You Leave ( from a dream)

Certainly No Bread 3/16/2022

Someone Send Out A Search Party

THE FAN , AT NIGHT, GIVES GOOD ADVICE completely re-edited, an entirely different poem

What Is The Price For Your Touch? re-editied 5/31/2023

Where Is My Bed With The Pleasing Tree -Lined View(NOW REEDITED)

Oh What Fine Physics (Before Me ,Lies) re-edtited @4/17/2023

If Prejudice Were Dumb And Could Not Speak

THE COMPANY THAT WE KEEP WITH THE ONE WITHIN

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A sibling narrative of lies


what do the years
carve?

three pieces of lying
with
the proof of truth
somewhere lurking
underneath

(where?)

not in the darkness
not in the light
never in shared or separate company

I can't find it
never will

anywhere

three pieces of lying
with
the thin crust of trust
molding
underneath

(somewhere)

confusion mixes
re-masters all of our shared past

the truth is lost
yes its lost
in its own vortex

is it the distance of miles
that separates
is it the distance of time
is it the lapsing of memory

our history has been
a series of fairytales
now I know
so has mine

the stories I've told myself

all neat
and full of sweet
platitudes

little truth
less trust

just the lies
we share

we were siblings once
now
we are even less familiar
than enemies

keep your enemies close
but let your brother and sister
scatter
chaff in the wind
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