The condensation of obscure music dripped from the slatted Cabana's fence;
I couldn't see the singer from the sidewalk, but I was drifting into his throat.
The street lights made the full moon laugh and I, in gleeful cadence,
threw a chesty bit of contrast at those slow caressing soul-notes.
Saxophone jazz and a stray leather jacket
while the world twirled sexy flutters
for the mites that mow on forgotten caskets
of hidden cues in mindless utters
The blatant chaos of perfect lines laid naked by the dewy grass,
And all of it compressed into woodwind notes and smokey air.
The innocence of consciousness was disappearing hard and fast
Even the comfortable breeze just wants to ruffle with my hair.
Oh, What peaceful interlude to this freakshow of a midnight stroll
The spinning planet rattles like the echo of a drum roll
But now it can be I who smiles
Alone and dancing to the walking bass line
of the UFO music
Chemical soundwaves bursting my brain cells
Alone and dancing to the familiar laugh
of my own red lungs
And now it can be I who lives
Alone and dancing with my rabbit eyes
full of Mother, Maiden, Crone
I am dancing all alone
to a song that only I can hear














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"Oh, What peaceful interlude to this freakshow of a midnight stroll
The spinning planet rattles like the echo of a drum roll"
This was my favorite part.
um. um. I don't know what to say.
I was moved to there and back.
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~Tiny little spiders visit at the store.
Where are you? Buying fruit?
I always love poems that have a line or two in them that just really stick with you. I don't know if you listen to Elliot Smith, but he does that to me a lot. In fact, after I got home on the night this poem describes, I felt compelled to write about him... so...
well, actually I guess that has nothing to do with what I originally intended to say, but I felt like sharing
I'm glad you liked the poem.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
-Allen Ginsberg
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The universe will provide what you need.
Granted, you may not like what what you need.
What you need may be different from what you want,
and in this there is the conflict.
I think I always try to read people's comments on my poetry the same way I expect them to read my poetry so uh... you mean "close" as in I'm close to the singer or uh...?
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
-Allen Ginsberg
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The universe will provide what you need.
Granted, you may not like what what you need.
What you need may be different from what you want,
and in this there is the conflict.
You got it pretty close though.
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The only thing that can save the world is the reclaiming of the awareness of the world. That's what poetry does.
-Allen Ginsberg
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