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Subject: Head Tilts and Shoulder Shrugs


Author:
andy
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Date Posted: 16:07:22 01/21/08 Mon



Head Tilts and Shoulder Shrugs



Life comes to me
like the steady rhythm
of a bone white moon
I careen off carnal callings
into chalices of crystal caves
beat-nicked and merciful
even the rain escapes me now
hanging on to the arc of
a falling twenty first century dream


My friend Mike became a martyr
a lost soldier seeking more
more than kaleidoscopes of lies
spinning like some merry-go-round
in the world's amusement park

Daddy said everything was gray
cutting the green grass with a borrowed mower
all I saw was the gold of sun
as it washed his beaten face
into something I wanted him to be
something more than defeated
something more than angry
some great legend in my mind

but, quarter turns delivered me to
the false paradises of youth
before the guilt and shame
interjected poison
into my bouncing brain

I am a vacant lot
on a Sunday morning
sipping the New York Times
looking for something clandestine
between the lines

something worthier
than a head tilt
and a quick shrug
before I die





ajs

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