I penned the following poem during my sophomore year at Aurora University. Who knows what I was thinking? A lotta goddamn telephone poles Stuck in their goddamn telephone holes Straight up at goddamn ninety degrees Swaying not much in the goddamn breeze. -pine trees Oh that’s right! I was driving around one day in the [...]
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Sea Glass
October 31st, 2009
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Sea glass Smooth sand makin blunt what can cut no edge to cut you with this shit is clear and blue and green and brown in triangles and nodules and squares and shapes made by: drunks on a dock kids with Coke problems cruise ships going under Crusoe lost again or Sting I can’t explain [...]
La Figlia che Piange – T.S. Eliot
October 2nd, 2009
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O quam te memorem virgo… STAND on the highest pavement of the stair— Lean on a garden urn— Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair— Clasp your flowers to you with a pained surprise— Fling them to the ground and turn With a fugitive resentment in your eyes: But weave, weave the sunlight in your [...]
