The Stubborn One

* Just Another Day *

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The Stubborn One

The peanut butter is good

Till one chunk refuses to leave

I release my perfect teeth

Flick off the stubborn one

And I’m back to my perfection.

Wild Desire

 * Keep a Star, Somewhere *

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Wild Desire

Horses on wings

captured in muralled thrill

With faces upturned

thunder through the wilderness

and glee this heart

free its weight

away on these phantoms of delight.

My One

 * Keep a Star, Somewhere *

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My One

(a dedication, 12/1985)

Silver hair and laughing lines

You snort at signs of age

and wave away norms and forms

  ‘give me my pipe and cappuccino,

   a tale or two

   of old movies and alfa romeo

   and soccer too’

Acts of care 

Acts of deed

behind a countenance severe

Only he who laughs along

sees laughter in your eyes that pierce

Such as you are

Simplicity, sensitivity,

sometimes to a fault

(a tinge of arrogance though)

Dear, you are only one.

My Secrets

 * Keep a Star, Somewhere *

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My Secrets

I see an evening star come out

I hear an angel flap her wings

And heaven winks

and whispers

A pail of marbles

and rainbow bliss

A clutch of wild grass

and wind in the hair

I snuggle where I seek

I burrow where I dwell

All’s well.

That Which Beckons

 * Keep a Star, Somewhere *

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That Which Beckons

The sea before me

beckons

Loving arms 

Reach to halt the move

bring the sea to shore

only to watch it withdraw

The raft you build

Will float with me

even as I soak

Solitude on the high sea

Winds and waves to contend

Stars to dream

Echoes of love to steer

And I will be back

with the raft

you build.

Full House

 * Keep a Star, Somewhere *

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Full House

Ode to the Morning Glory

Toast to the Golden Shower

and Angel’s Trumpet

Gaiety once more

Sleep lounges in

couches and chairs

Pillows and blankets

litter the floor

Full house.

No, don't

* Keep a Star, Somewhere *

 

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No, don’t

Don’t want to know

Don’t need to know

Suffice to know

You are love

He is love

She is love

We love.