Tag: imagination
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Bat
Leather wings alights his loft, Belfry undercroft, cornice oft Leaping post to oceanic night. Sycamores, swerves its smiting, Night knights him, friezes him; Purple cathedral silhouette, dream of canons. Roost of rooks once corbels called shamans gothic feeling within, Day’s summit impassive opulence, heighting height hoisting light higher. Dives then lies flat to branch undersides,…
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Coughing Fit
Spasmracked lungs ransacked air’s collection sacks sapped and blacked, Tar attacks the tubes and life’s Beaufort strength is lowered, hump-backed With coughing, tense with contractions like mare birthing. Less coughed but hacked, Like a cat sick of hirsute innards, hyucked retched, held the walls of the jacks At 3 AM then slank back to bed…
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Taking Under Advisement
Small, red-fleshed man sits Napoleon’s shoulder; destiny’s official Deigned command an Emperor, his missives success of missions, Ignore red man red fate endure, corpse of imminent boon grizzily hatcheted Russian factions lined like Risk troops, dice and action and warm jacketed. Breakfast chamber his tricorn tipped low, watery mush to the tip of the bowl…
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Emergence From Mist
Arcuate hill-round above brineless sea station of observation, Broken glass prayer at dockside pillar to Zeus of Disembarkation. Against Kapok trunk party’s scribbling cartographer leans back Striated, flesh feeling, some give; shoulder sinks imperceptible inch as into wet moss No dizzying ninemileround testaments Kahn’s maths Same of His dreams, of sinuous rilles Midway maybe where…
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Civil Divil
Ruins of the age of faith ode to crumbled fate of ages Creation-stoking sounds from sages mere whispers, our doings traceless Circling gracelessly our gilded cage, reviewing old pages. Muniments of title lost amidst wave-tossed letter ocean King in cups, of cups, sips his bitter potion His meagre portion unmansome sets motion To devices he…
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