A Lot of Luxe

He lives

amid a lot

of luxe,

devoted

to what

lasts:

illusions

of

eternity:

gilded

bits

of Past.

.

Anguish

Residing

in poverty,

anguish

is lack:

retracting,

subtracting:

exacting this

punishment:

love

doesn’t

want you

back.

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Not All Naked Angels

Not all naked angels dart & flit.

Flight can make their calves

& thighs grow to prodigious size.

Some have to sit.









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It's Often the Blue One You Notice

It’s often the blue one

you notice –

emerging like some

strange new lotus –

which blooms all alone

in the pond – resumes

the great journey

the rest of us

had to forsake

to the random Beyond.

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