Paradox of Panic
When the cavalcade
in all its bluster
surrenders a gasp
to mutilation,
demands for reason
remind the renegade
that independence in isolation
ensures despair
regardless of economy
or lifting diction
until cornered,
provoking the reactive dongle
to flair each lizard eye
of survival with fangs
or invisibility
while skittering
like scandal onward
to twist the
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Athame
In this spin
the drum beat falters
as we begin
to decorate alters.
I don't know
when isolation
began to grow
to numb all sensation
in nerve nets
once teeming with souls
until regrets
drown nurturing goals
with the rush
of booming campaigns
as cheeks bloom flush
until loaded in trains
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Barren Chatter
Cake walks and avalanches dangle inviting
morsels of distress rushing like television
on schedules of mischief with egos aplenty
hauling the barrow without common vigilance
to dance on the fresh dirt while packing bodies in.
Loose change tumbles from limp palms and interest plans;
crescendos of misery sing in scoundrel ears
as set forth by campaigns of sin terrifying
to line up the languid in perilous events
always on schedule while creating blind demand
without sympathy to humans in mortal need
or harmony with living things beneficent.
Tangle knots of certainty grin from broken teeth
whittled to nubs by gnawing predatory greed,
the gums bleed fresh prayers to the curtain in the back.
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Whiteout Torrent
Blistering sheets of sting
Sizzle and pop on skin
With purity you sing
Arias spark vision
To tip that halo ring
Fortitude climbs within
Shivers thump open blood
Repelling lethargy
Adrenaline’s fright thud
Warns death stalls next to me
As my feet slide like mud
Skies push with gravity
In your storm I read codes
Difficult to ignore
Confetti blurs the roads
Man campaigns to restore
Future anguish explodes
At oblivion’s door
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The Ballad of Crazy Joe
He’s stitching the truth within his tome
Pulling the needle with woe
His fertile mind shall serve as his home
Tethers too rigid to sew
All precious detail is rendered there
Memory puts on a show
Clarity finds him out of thin air
He nearly dons a halo
Don’t ever mock Crazy Joe
Maestros get lost during anxious times
Magic strands logic below
He tickles those keys caustic like limes
Never once asking for dough
Within his head he’s never alone
Concertos twisting his flow
Don’t interrupt when he’s in that zone
He lacks roots yet he will grow
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Nephalim Oracle
A cosmic clash of epic force
Split Tiamet like brittle thread
Nibiru hugged its distant course
Propelling moons to gnaw and shred
Kingu marveled at what was formed
Asteroids shed from that vast orb
The watery giant was transformed
Leveling as third to absorb
Many long elliptic passes
Tugged Nibiru over ages
Until those once noble gasses
Failed to impede starlight rages
Over this time the shard revolved
Taking shape as the oceans churned
The sun ensured the rock evolved
Microbes cracked until life returned
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