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Reptiles & Dust - Part One (Free verse) by Wulf
One
Such is life
there are places to go
streets to avoid
the latter teeming
a blood and guts scenario
who are we wonder
these denizens forest under
Two
Writing turns my toes green
i wiggle my brain
moss grows and no one knows
a leaning toward the bends
controversial intentionally misspoken
perhaps no one will notice
another worm tripping
Three
Having torn the ends out of my socks
wear them on elbows instead
ride this river tube painless
each curve an adventure
smile... symmetry is the woman
love is her rapid desire
a wing under water
Four
Does the way home
find you know your face
charmed by wisdom
the crooning of crones
the boy ran off with gypsies
nah there was a girl
worth every pound as bait
Five
A life spent gnawing bones
growling the occasional song
having never heard the call to retreat
youth spent in senseless engagement
a perilous journey at best
chances are odds on chances aren't
the ring golden dissolves
Six
She wanted to be a poster Child
March of Dimes or some thing less
a courageous miracle survivor
she knew she had it in her
the disease power to overcome
like Anne Frank Child Diarist
ah life... ended up on a milk carton
Seven
Do faces in the news
have lesser dreams
are they diluted by ink
who will teach them to die
whose soul faded face
i threw the paper in the trash
with utter disdain
Eight
His cow pinned him to the wall
he gasped and like a huge snake
she stole his breath of space
her bounty of milk lay
in a puddle around his feet
his ears heard last the bell
round her neck... she shook her head
Nine
In some pastures alfalfa
sweet scent of first love
and the death of reason
weight of passion flower scent
rolling in the haymow
old men on car trips
roll down the window and dream
Ten
i am not sure i possess
the energy to be bad
but for you sweet lady i will try
In the name of sanity why she cries
would you call a wolf to your bed
deny the gentleman
entertain a monster
Eleven
She is hiding under the bed
doesn't have the courage to slay him
but will in the end
a series of tiny viscous bites
in the manner of all sticks
will he be whittled down
by the knife of her charms
Twelve
These edge of teeth
and time hard bitten
grinding shriek a metal wound
we do tend to talk big
and suffer low
make way for travelers
simply hold our ground
Thirteen
Last night and a pillow down
but how could we know
a realm of darker angels
might appear and hold us blest
stretch us into a single skin
drawn tight as night and then
tender us to the dawn
Fourteen
Watching her wash me
completely off herself
even her teeth
so easy to smile
we are each only a part
hopelessly adrift and
slipping into darkness
Fifteen
Love most times seems
defined decided by defeat
a definite predisposition
toward magick and madness
no line of sight established
it is warts on the ass of wisdom
and pretty good stuff at that
Sixteen
Excuse my simplistic device
that we may feel
explore spaces at once sacrosanct
wounds between lovers unknown
give thanks for touches
deeper much than touch can be
only before strangers found
Seventeen
Seeking then flesh indigo
a blue ring penumbra
shadow of the darkest hole
a meeting of fingertips
hallow flirtation of wind
whose kisses reach depths
best (though not we choose) left alone
Eighteen
What price would pay the poet
a fair pound bounty of muse
no coin of realm exists
to calm such hearts
yet a slim ankle poised
precise arch of foot
come claim and own him of moment
Nineteen
Trouble with politicians
when their women demand new shoes
they are apt to ask what color
choose a nation a people
name them enemy steal their skin
walk first on then in them
to hell with penny loafers
Twenty
With a toss of the bones
she begins her song
body swaying head nodding
this is not how she saw it
the dust mantle of her life
so far away inside
singing over the dead
Twenty-one
i have a problem with spiritual advisors
preachers gurus and love postmen
statistics and genital intelligence aside
God is not in their pocket
She is pondering infinite possibility
the quantum inclusive energies
of horseflies and such
human sexuality bores Her
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Posted: October 3, 2002 7:19 PM PDT; Last modified: October 3, 2002 7:19 PM PDT
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