Cowboy

Afterwards I was never quite sure how he got in. I mean, I know how he got in, but I never saw him enter. I was alone, and then suddenly I was not, and he there at my elbow. Too close, too swiftly, like an spook. He seemed to change location without need of walking. [...]

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Mess of Dreams

I stumbled onto you A picture, no less In fact there were three   Grinning in one Head thrown back Softness apparent New to me   Black shades the next Guitar aimed Like an arrow At her heart   But the last The soul heavy tired eyes I remember these Even now   So old [...]

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The Devil Without Horns

No, you would have shunned her Had she not Ever scornful Of innocence   It was the contrast You dug Ever the enigma Of labels   You couldn’t pin her Down Not really Even as she tried To define herself She proved this Even as she swore Undying loyalty Ever yours You knew   She [...]

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Seeker

So, you’re still out there Too driven to die Like you said you would   Age happens to the best of us What’s left, once it does, And you’ve never learned How to live?   Do you look for something, still? Were you ever really looking? Or, just trying not to see   For all [...]

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Collected Perceptions

Now that you’ve taken everything Tell me how does it feel to need more Now that you’ve drank your fill Tell me how does it feel to be bored Now that you’ve spent all your time How do you know you’re too late Now when you empty your pockets How do you sort your mistakes [...]

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Just a Kid

When you’re a teenager, you think you know everything. You also think you are indestructible. I look at kids that age, and I see children. But once in a while, I see one who also reminds me of me. A certain squint in one eye, a stance, a way of breathing. Not willing to wait, [...]

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In Your Hands

[So Long; Epilogue]   You’re studying Matching words and dates Looking for a way To make it all make sense   You’re combing Catching links and cues Chasing after trails That lead me back to you   That’s my book In your hands That’s the story You can’t understand That’s my book On your shelf [...]

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The Why

There is no understanding “Why”. Trying to comprehend, with a compassionate heart, the incomprehensible; the compassionless. It will make you crazy.  All that needs understood is more stark and brutal than I like to be, but it is the truth still; there are people in the world who cannot be filled or satisfied. Ever. The [...]

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Heartless

  Darkness Calling Darkly, Hauntingly Darkness falls on Broken Holes in me Darkness, Heartless Wanting Let me in Darkness, Darkness Darkness Let me be   Darkness Taunts me Tells me ugly Things Darkness Speaks to Remembered emptiness Darkness Whispers Darkness Screams Heartless Darkness Darkness Never leaves   Darkness Watching Darkness Always sees Darkness Falls on [...]

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I Saw You

A smoky golden eye. Green flashes sidelong, blazing. Shocks of bright blonde flying forward, and curls of chocolate tumble from under straw. Like clouds under sun. A warning: things are not always just what they seem. Are they? Ensconced in shiny black, nestled in leather, giving it the gas. A satisfied purring powers down the [...]

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