Tag: poetry
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King’s Jewel
Crown jewel berry hued buried with my favourite fool Let smith’s tools eke out my features, free the creature in the stone Unleashing images Two days ago, happy among hens, princes and goodly men enjoying all they felt was due them It was Tuesday and hot in Florence, that never short a florin lot In…
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Virtuous
I am a man of little virtue On a grain of rice fit all I knew Wearing ignorance like a well-fitted shoe Thought Waterloo was something you abluted into Humble office, not a mosque, ye needn’t remove shoes Turns out it was an important battle, to me that’s new I was perhaps dropped often, my…
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Straightener with James Joyce
He gave me no choice I’m having a straightener with James Joyce He wrote Ulysses but he’s useless in the ring Bad knees, a breeze has him dancing reels Ineluctable modality of the visible is tested when I get physical, shots I drilled send him spilling over a table Half the man Leopold Bloom is,…
Alchemisland 