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THIRST
THIRST
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Did you ever wonder how our planet's end may come?
By warming or by freezing? The warming arrives first.
As the Golden State continues to desiccate, people scramble for some
Water, any amount, to moisten their throats, remove their thirst.
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W: 6.20.14
[ From the book Plans, Nomadic Press, 2022. ]
...Saturday 27th August 2022 3:56 pm
Bloom
in rivers of right they spawn
eggs already torn and bent
that grow deprived of dawn
to salve and heal their rent
and battered by a rusty flail
to a state not unlike trance
a polka spinning them pale
to a hapless agony of dance
chalking symbols onto slate
a scratch makes evil mute,
silent observances of hate
doomed flora lacking root
sometimes they...
Friday 11th June 2021 2:49 pm
Drowning in the Drought
Drowning in the Drought
At times I drip with poetry
The words simply pour out of me
A flow it seems no dam could ever stop
Until, I’m drowning in the drought
A flood of tears and mere self-doubt
That withers, in the barn, my finest crop.
17.1.2020
Friday 17th January 2020 6:13 am
Oracle of the Drought
`
fall into pools of swirling merriment
shirk substitutes that others recommend
firm in the knowledge of purest joy
your visage clear in mind, no mental toy
stab with wanton thrusts this warm caress
reveal dream's scorn amid phobic duress
with fiery brand your chariot swift - protect
lunar spheres in shaded ponds - thoughts collect
tinge red this broken tun...
Wednesday 23rd March 2011 8:25 am
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