THE CAT AND THE YARN The priestly spirit will haunt the ancient palace He’s drinking from his sacrificial sacrilegious chalice The cardinals hear the ringing though they’re cold and calloused Their plans are filled with malintent, their sword has pierced the lancer. Apparitions do appear amongst the lost and weary The bats soar past in […]

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AUTUMNAL RENAISSANCE Stumbling into moonlit mansions avoiding the evening breeze I rustle the leaves stuck to the shutter by the hard harvest rain The chandelier chides the forest that bravery put asunder A fountain is gurgling passive droplets forging a soft striped plane Mars often rose behind the mansion along with thunder Yet a red-brown […]

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PEACEFUL WHITSUNTIDE Chimes at the brink of dusk alert the temple mice. The organ player snores strung across the virgin’s bust. Reverent fervors barked through tinted glass The chalice pours its granite wine Amidst the passion rose our Saviour’s past Among the flames arched the devil’s spine to spark the mortal rust. Crawl from the […]

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SAD but DRY Wait taunt and rage about the endless pathways damned toward mires of quicksand that bubble and spurt! Desolate bog, a plaintive illusion intrudes the hopeless woeful ones pale dying dream. Yet the whim lives pining yearning for a past love to emerge though it may hurt, only fantasy can ever tire. Dark […]

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A PLAYFUL DREAM SEQUENCE Silly little dancer skips from Gemini to Mars A streaking comet comes to lighten the stars Wee Willie Winkie tips his hat to the moon Whether it is full or crescent It doesn’t mean a thing if love is present. Now visit me and tell me true is it heaven’s choir […]

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