Sleep Of Peace
There
were red flags as always
scorched
earth and famine we pledged allegiance
the
neighbourhood across the way gone and nobody home
rebar
gardens with Kiefer chaos
we’ve
known it among the orchards the hymns of monotony
the
long turns the weight of present’s past
hear
the hum the buzz beyond the clouded sky
wires
overhead madly vibrant dealing fear not gently
you
might grieve between breaths an unexpectant dawn
bloodied
wine on kept tables fit for nothing but the chill of spring
grasses
in dusty bloom stains upon an unworthy canvas
the
sleep of peace weaving nightmares unfounded
skin-game
returns hailed in backrooms the price never too high.
Notice
Do
we have your attention
have
we achieved adequate darkness
we
wish you the best on your journey down
what
about the other side no problems there
let’s
unhinge the night and drape this world with its veil
can’t
counter the currents the promise of flowers
there’s
shade here a forever dream of lesser shadows
we’ll
retool the order make it useful till crisis
recognize
hell like a rising song to the stars
only
another mountain materializing in distant haze
everything
underfoot solid but helplessly forlorn.
Untitled Sonnet
Of
silence and industry
the
cogs of progress bears its mortal meat
timely
intrusions elusive and predatory
territories
dealt and divvied
numbers
racked for the daily score
the
ineffable trickeries the stealth of reason
an
ongoing hunger of apathetic coma
life
in sedation a powerful end
celebrant
legality anything’s acceptable
high
order entrapment future shock shrouded and hushed
sarcasm
bled sombre diverging retractions at angles
sundry
attractions repel truths cut to happy conclusions
walled
and caged a cultish prevarication
the
catch phrases Orwellian in disguise.
The Carryover
Not
the landscape meant
never
the interior signifier doubted
took
it in motion by virtue of lapses
proof
affectation draws nearer
or
branded by the what was the attempt untangles
deep
sleep diver of apparitions and night sweats
low-brow
hustler in the cruel numbers game
perpetrator
of private investigations and averted collisions
riding
midnight disturbances rhythm betrayed
natural
improv no sitting this one out
a
lover of cosmic description involuntary integers
vein
depth revulsions’ half dream peopling a room
thieving
the senses the scrub of tedium
the
unfathomable no longer fashionable
narrow
controls sacrosanct among the tribes
bloodlust
testaments gathered and garnered to no other purpose.
The Plea
The
light changes a blink of evidence
keep
silent with thunder in the chest
a
crude case of purpose love scarcely matters
night’s
concealed roar a blend of relief in the swarm
yet
the extremes the sight the further dimensions
sobs
from the skin sucked like venom
grace
we seek in reigning shock
this
nourishment freezes the blood consigned to flawed pleasures
lives
of malice in material urge
briefly
mistakes overlooked blown away
O
citizens creating a world divided
your
songs we suffer the wrong that is more
remember
me gently the unease the calling along your shore.
Tune In Tune Out
The
land of the vested
paradigmatic
flourishes mix and stir the mess
burnt
crosses dissolve in the sedge and shimmer
deadlines
blinded in passing
shots
of nightlight the shudder of fires of a hung moon
tomorrow
overdue in diverse commotion
much
the same pierces the being in voice-lock
new
meaning music silvers the mindsprings
on
the prowl a telling release too far from home
freed
of pedestals and the pulse of doubt
marrow
sought from the bitter blades of the disinterred
closed
eyes pay no quarter this ageless rage of enduring ice
destroyer
of time in insurmountable egress.
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