This Alien Gravity
Should have written and posted this yesterday, but yet again ran out of time. This Alien Gravity In the rush of breath Every day to survive Galaxies die unseen And… Continue Reading
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To Seek
To Seek This fool’s errand, To catch the sun’s fall Beneath the horizon At exactly the right time From the city’s tallest Hill above the cathedral, And capture the beam… Continue Reading
Melancholia
Melancholia Late evening moon rise, Woodburner roar, The room dark. Shadows from the fire Jump spaces. She leans into her chair, Legs up and arms wrapped Around her knees, Stares… Continue Reading
Palette
Palette Right now, when the real world and All the worlds he has created begin to collide And intertwine, he no longer has the will To distinguish between what’s fact… Continue Reading
Ulysses
Ulysses In Bromley, over four decades ago, My battered copy of Ulysses and a Dog-eared notebook in one hand, Endless cigarettes threaded through The fingers of my other, I swan… Continue Reading
Ritual
Ritual “Choose your pain,” she said, Hid her slight sense of betrayal. They’d promised her something Meaty and fresh, not a muscle-bound Hulk fashioned from antiquity. “I seek no pain,”… Continue Reading
The Accidental Professor
The Accidental Professor He was the victim of his Lack of education, self-inflicted Or not. So he couldn’t, or Wouldn’t, understand when She called him her remora. At first he… Continue Reading
The Man With No Remorse
The Man With No Remorse Behind the desk, spurious Trophies of forgotten things, Meant to remind the viewers Of some glory that never existed. The fists on the table, the… Continue Reading
Beginning
Beginning They clustered around the Time machine, the minute Device they’d concocted together, An intricate mechanism of Puzzles, questions, and problems, Weighted on tiny scales balanced On a grain of… Continue Reading
Old Friend
Old Friend In the park On one of his age-old Daily walks, he stops To watch a game He remembers, In the rain, and The ball rolls out of play… Continue Reading