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haiku express
towards pedant boundaries
slow slower more slower
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Mon Jul 22, 2019 7:26 pm

Slower more slower;
But this train is still moving
After thirteen years.
"And I meet full face on dark mornings
The bestial visor, bent in
By the blows of what happened to happen."

Larkin
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After thirteen years
I’m subject to the law;
how the tide flows.
Long time a child and still a child
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how the tide flows
will weather the brows of men
and painter of boats
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Painters of boats
pray to the evening stars
for guidance
Long time a child and still a child
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for guidance
Odin gave his infant son
a satnav
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For an ice cold beer
In a frosted glass pint mug
Satisfied my thirst

That’s what happens when you only read page 1 of 302..... my bad

Has the train derailed?

After thirteen years
She reappears still stunning
Reviving my past
Like the imprint left, an effect on your being - beautiful, wonderful, succinct.
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reviving my past;
a windowed world asunder,
my lies stall the shame.
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my lies stall the shame
though the ocean breaks breathing
along the bay's curve
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along the bay's curve
will never winter whether
eyes arrive or not
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Eyes arrived, not love,
I thought, as she
caught me looking.
Long time a child and still a child
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caught me looking
her pale flesh invites my gaze
I won't disappoint
to anticipate touching what is unseen seems far more interesting than seeing what the hand can not touch
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I won't disappoint
my guarantee is my bond
Brooke Bond tea bags
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Brooke Bond tea bags
the vicar's wife said do not
hide microplastics
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Hide microplastics
inside sea bream guts.
Smoke from the Barbie
Long time a child and still a child
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Smoke from the barbie
children running everywhere
a doll's house on fire


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a doll's house on fire
inequality the cause
Statues to blame
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Statues to blame
a simple explanation
the tide is turning

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The tide is turning
The Moon looks down upon us
Werewolves awake
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Werewolves awake
and howl because of bad dreams
in their folktale lives
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in their folktale lives
Our betters are the heroes
But in their own minds
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But in their own minds
they perceive nothing but air.
Eastern winds bring ruin
Long time a child and still a child
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Eastern winds bring ruin
Western eyes turn inward
a lack of vision
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A lack of vision
where subjunctive be unknown
guides America
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guides America
floods this field and that village
becomes fishermen
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