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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.
“In ageing it is even more important to live in splendor, seeking the beauty in mortal life.”
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.
* Keep a Star, Somewhere *
10
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.
* 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.