All Human
when they hang us
like stars or moons
beat us like livestock
lead us around by our necks
lay us down like an enemys
babies
for a long sleep
when they do such things
we must say
we are all human
see
my eye and your eye
the same.
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Wear
This life has worn
us, but we are the course
material that
stays longer,
we last, we endure,
in spite of what others
may
wish.
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Dam
I stopped the flow
of my heart today,
allowed my emotions
to well inside, until
a familiar sound like
the chirp of a bird
made me burst through.
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Clock Cleaner
An old man
has crafted the universe,
has crafted me,
his
imperfect vessel,
he who attends to all
the moving pieces, dusting
each spinning wheel.
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Shadow Shade Afternoon of Raging
My mind is a tomb
of endless wandering ghosts.
A girl on the
bus whose look
lingered too long. A crazed set
if eyes in the
newspaper.
Gillian Flynn having a coffee
with Raymond Chandler.
Magazine photos helping me
find patience in waiting rooms.
Trips I
would like to take.
Questions like Who am I living
for. Jesus salesmen
handing me
brochures about paradise.
An endless afternoon parade
of
clowns, Tigers, and elephants
raging in my small brain pan.