…keeps someone away I suppose.  Those who might prefer a menu to prose… Still plugging away on some 2017 material, here are three more to toss into the ether… for better or for worse, bathwater and all.

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“prurient” 2017

view

of the viper’s mask

the omniscient ticking of the heart

the vessel

once cavern now glut

swells with sin

prurient

a chide

a cause

a curse.

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“carved” 2017

ancient tree

scarred with the abuse of seasons

initials of love

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“upon a park” 2017

conversation of pigeons

busy about

one false move – riot!

to calm.

 

pebbles skip-sink to the bottom

ripples drown out

into the mouth

of the horizon