ALL THIS USELESS POETRY<\/strong>: (Or, someday all this will be picturesque stanzas.) A lot of poems from various years, 2001-present. No speakers are me or anyone else I know; all restrictions apply; void where prohibited; close cover before striking.<\/p>\n The World Tonight<\/strong> Army of One<\/strong> Insomnia<\/strong> And a riddle<\/strong>: (a frozen waterfall)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ALL THIS USELESS POETRY: (Or, someday all this will be picturesque stanzas.) A lot of poems from various years, 2001-present. No speakers are me or anyone else I know; all restrictions apply; void where prohibited; close cover before striking. The World Tonight He\u2019s been a shouting head for years before, But never so reluctant on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1071,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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He\u2019s been a shouting head for years before,
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But never so reluctant on display.
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Four men sip coffee; they debate the war:
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The hawks and doves each know what each will say,
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Save one, his certainties become dismay.
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\u201cWhat\u2019s your <\/em>advice?\u201d He makes his pen an awl
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To gouge the table\u2013\u201cStop, repent, and pray.
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Confess.\u201d Quick then, the moderator\u2019s drawl\u2013
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\u201cGood night, that\u2019s all the time we have, that\u2019s all.\u201d<\/p>\n
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His hand rests on the throttle\u2019s leather skin,
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His fingers trace the puckers at the seams.
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His thoughts are smoldering the past within:
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The towers fall again each time he dreams;
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Their smoke pours down a street awash with screams.
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The targets cross his view, he\u2019s aimed, he\u2019s fired.
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The black smoke sinks. He thinks of his old schemes,
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Old hopes, and thinks, of all he once desired,
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How little he will miss the night his life\u2019s required.<\/p>\n
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Coffee after midnight
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awake awash in lust
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a solarized slant mind
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desire coiled in must
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Coronas after midnight
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one two three six ten!
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suck tomorrow\u2019s loose tooth
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& sis boom bah again
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Working after midnight
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sleepless timeless caught
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against the living rhythm
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so laugh\u2013\u201cyou broke, you bought.\u201d<\/p>\n
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What all men desire:
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to be arrested before the act.
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But the sun will burn this future into past.<\/p>\n