20/20 VISION

III.

I crave your perfumed essence

     Undiluted heartfelt lumpy pillow talk

          Seductive animal instinct musky lust

               Tantalizing nosegay satin ribbon clutch

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DIVINING ROD

Source diminished to mere trickle

Hushed up gurgles imitating laughter

Silent energy of nature stirring

Restive soul to inmost depths

Winding idly downstream from elsewhere

Meandering aimless flow off course

 Waylaid river of no return

Twisted fate around next bend

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20/20 VISION

II.

Marsh shedding velvety cattail fuzz

     Minute brown florets hipboot waders

          Pliant reeds bent on secreting

               ‘Til tomorrow brittle confidences snap

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Abuse of power of abuse

     Tortured justice crying Uncle Sam

          Water-boarding sore loser surfers capsized

               Don’t Gitmo satisfaction Cubano misfires

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Renewal of liberty fair-minded justice

Universal What the Health insurance

A-OK – serving All Our Kids

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 20/20 VISION

XVI.

Phoenix ashes annulled in flames

     Firebirds rekindling myths stoking embers

          Scarlet plumage tickling storybook fancy

               Stragglers playing catch-up left behind

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Who invented Euclidean geometry anyway

     Pretzel logic twisted into shape

          RR-Xing diminishing perspective tunnel vision

               Parallel line horizons eventually merge

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20/20 VISION

XVIII.

Monitor lizards passing as rocks

     Basking sunbathers carnivorous night prowlers

          Insects eels crabs birds rodents

               Scavenger hunt smorgasbord swallowed whole

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20/20 VISION

I.

Springing forth unclenched fist release

      Burst pods fleshy pulp overspill

          Nascent buds prematurely forced open

               Late bloomer rapeseed on hold

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GLOBAL UNITY PRAYER

Praying to whatever God listens
Keep the faith universal salvation
Chanukkah Christmas Kwanzaa Ramadan Solstice
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THE HEATH

Weekend escapism wilderness nature hike

Carving previously unexplored wasteland trails

Trudging through prickly thistle bramble

Wading across knee-deep stony rills

Sterile bleak moor harvesting melancholy

Evaporated teardrops pools of sorrow

Maudlin dried up peat bogs

Luminous stingray sunstroke draining vitality

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THE FUNERAL

Platform moved back in time

Transient stranger within looking out

Icy faceless reflections rolled eyes

Raised brows petty accusations blur

Wrapped in unshakable snowy blanket

Cemetery flurries brushed with dandruff

Frosty breath scatterbrain patterns curtained

Train windows sealed up tight

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EPOCH

Rivers no longer flow into

Oceanic caldera boiling reduced to

Simmer steam open sea evaporation

Lid pried off plug pulled

Seeping moisture slowly dried up

Still life seascapes drained mercilessly

Wave swells lay dying on

Distant shores naked refuse exposed

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CASINO

No clocks shades of addiction

Drawn day indistinguishable from night

Rotating mirrored ball twinkling stars

Crystal sconce fixtures teardrop prisms

The setting sun flipped like

Tossed coin suspended in midair

Calling heads landing tails clinked

Into Lady Luck slut machine

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MAD HATTERS

Hats tipped saluting borderless frontiers

Distinctive tribal headdresses crowning glory

Flipped lid cover-ups portable roofs

Politicked off thrown into ring

Bull-legged cowboys ten gallon Stetsons

Sunken flattop boaters dented homburgs

Scottish tams wide-brimmed flappable sunbonnets

Silk lining fedoras deeply felt

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WARBLERS

Afloat in the first magnitude

Rain pooled by slanted drizzle

Hovering above their own reflections

Singing and grieving crested angels

Spherical melodies never before heard

Glorious cascading notes from afar

Euphonic fluted descant airs as

Foreign tongues deliquesce attuned ears

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PILGRIMAGES

Such a strange custom traipsing

Through houses of dead personages

Guided tours for whatever reason

Nobody can ever be sure

Anne Frank’s Dutch attic hideaway

Life affirming idealist pure heart

Downcast but never in despair

Diary inscribing nature brings solace

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FEUDING RIVALS

Battle lines drawn eons ago

Block neighbors no longer friends

Consumed by hate warily co-existing

In peace devoid of harmony (or dissonance)

Condemned to divergent religious alliances

Dutiful struggle divided by faith

Uneasy truce bitter conflict covert

Suspicion prevailing way of life (or death)

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FOSTER CHILD

Bewildered kitchen helper parental discard

Licking bowl batter poured into

Greased baking dish oven preheated

Roundabout layers frosted when cool

Stubborn past refuses to budge

Jokers wild 52 card pickup

Shuffled full house to house

True natal date bluffer guesstimate

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CHAMELEONS

Vicissitudes of wrinkled nature show

True colorless ambiguity bare naked

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