For Sarah

Sweet surrendering of the mind
To a subtle splinter of time
Is it worth all the snide remarks?
Is it worth these shallow stars?

Sweet enthusiasm so easily sprung
Like the untitled painting upon the wall
People miss it for no reason
Decorators find it matches the season

Sarah points out
With innocence what I doubt
She is innocence
I spin my web

poem by James Merchant
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I Never Wanted To Be So Pale

God is God
God is God
God is God

I am I
I am I
I am I

Nothing was Nothing
Nothing was Nothing
Nothing was Nothing

Anything was Everything
Anything was Everything
Anything was Everything

I never wanted to be pale
Skin like the lace on a wedding veil
I never wanted to fail
At being such an open book for sale

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poem by James Merchant
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