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Lemming
They all look the same These suburban stops With the criss cross crowds Huddled in the cuckolded shelters. Be they far near Or in this home grown town They all speak the language of despair As they await their final journey. SMO 1988
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Die Geliebten Des Waldes
I will hold thee In my green grasp As lovers do I will yield thee As I am strong Return to life You did no wrong. In 2009 the remains of a suicide were discovered in a tree in Germany. The death was only noted when the tree started shedding the bones. It […]
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Amore
Love, I am tired of love I imagine an alphabet without love A B C D FG H I J K M N P Q R S T U W X Y Z A nonsense should be substituted in its place Death Plunge Day Dust Memories I have no memories sailors lay no claim to […]
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In the tree shaded lane
In the tree shaded lane June passed without note As May had on the wind A new month arrived With its mysterious scents As a drunken wren Considered the mathematics Of a sycamore tree
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Zen
Sebastian postponed twilight yesterday as he wanted to read his poems to the flowers before they closed
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Zero History
Come sun shadow move towards me let our histories mingle in the minute universe that follows us. 1978
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Zoo Zephyr
A swan landed in rapid circles as the creatures gazed not daring to sleep lest they suffocate in the perfume of its disturbance. SMO 1997
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Lands End
During the eclipse of seahorses the glimmer gulls will circle the mother mark and sly children will play on the green fields of sailors as they await their valued return Widows will free their embalmed doves and cover them with goatskins to deceive the blind Simpletons will ponder their own mortality and the infidelities of […]
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Jazz
The street café wears it’s neon hat and the sidewalk vibrates to the passing beat. SMO 1985
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Jutland in his Later Years
Surveyed his estates from the many windows of his special room He raced his peacocks in the orangerie as they liked his citrus fruits mixed with grapes and curdled milk His haha was filled in as he did not approve of its humour and none of his trees were over five feet high Doves dyed […]