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Flying High and Hollow

My songs are just weightless luxuries From the crater-pocked ground, Flying high and hollow On a perfumed breeze – I’m drunk on sweet-nothings Two seconds from midnight So shameless and sunken In a paradise’s run off – A new troop is on the march And I have dulled my conscience My outrage, my ire Fall with hymns of revolt – A new guard is on patrol And all I conjure are…

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Off the Radar

Scarce is the driving rhythm, The eyes lost in a trance, The nagging hunger To repair and replenish – It’s a luxury to roam The inner worlds of another, To know the warmth of their sun To know the depths of their winters – These delights are in hiding From our violence and vices In the vacant spaces That thrive with no name – Off the radar But not far From our routine…

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Off the Radar

Scarce is the driving rhythm,

The eyes lost in a trance,

The nagging hunger

To repair and replenish

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It’s a luxury to roam

The inner worlds of another,

To know the warmth of their sun

To know the depths of their winters

-

These delights are in hiding

From our violence and vices

In the vacant spaces

That thrive with no name

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Off the radar

But not far

From our routine madness,

Among the friends we’ve misplaced

Within the refuge we’ve hollowed 

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Flying High and Hollow

My songs are just weightless luxuries

From the crater-pocked ground,

Flying high and hollow

On a perfumed breeze

-

I’m drunk on sweet-nothings

Two seconds from midnight

So shameless and sunken

In a paradise’s run off

-

A new troop is on the march

And I have dulled my conscience

My outrage, my ire

Fall with hymns of revolt

-

A new guard is on patrol

And all I conjure are mountains,

Rivers and valleys

For my ghosts to call home  

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Survival

Outliving a lie Is sweet revenge, When the machinery collapses And breathes its last  – Outliving a lie Keeps a memory alight Long after the shadows Of its killers have fled – Outliving a lie Supplants the despot Of some far away dawn Filling the streets with fanfare – Outliving a lie Is a tried-and-true menace In the cold eyes of kings Who snake away into the night 

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The Invincible Past

Separation is the quietest desire Locked inside of my psyche, Barred behind kind eyes And pleasant conversation – It’s an unspoken urge In the daily crossfire Of colorless greetings Of well-worn smiles – It’s an insult to yearn For turf to call my own,   To sow my old bones Beneath a slaver’s regrets – Separation is the key For what I’ve sought for so long   Among the godlike…

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Survival

Outliving a lie

Is sweet revenge,

When the machinery collapses

And breathes its last 

-

Outliving a lie

Keeps a memory alight

Long after the shadows

Of its killers have fled

-

Outliving a lie

Supplants the despot

Of some far away dawn

Filling the streets with fanfare

-

Outliving a lie

Is a tried-and-true menace

In the cold eyes of kings

Who snake away into the night 

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The Invincible Past

Separation is the quietest desire

Locked inside of my psyche,

Barred behind kind eyes

And pleasant conversation

-

It’s an unspoken urge

In the daily crossfire

Of colorless greetings

Of well-worn smiles

-

It’s an insult to yearn

For turf to call my own,  

To sow my old bones

Beneath a slaver’s regrets

-

Separation is the key

For what I’ve sought for so long  

Among the godlike tremors

Of the invincible past 

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Churchyard in the Clearing

In a clearing I can catch my breath Among the sun-washed stones Called to their side by a vacant heart – Never mind the beating sun The June bugs and the wasps, The streams of fire ants Across a shared last name   – There is wholeness here In these soulful hours, For this I walk with care Until the skies blush red – Long after The wailing melodies have gone And the church pews…

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Churchyard in the Clearing

In a clearing

I can catch my breath

Among the sun-washed stones

Called to their side by a vacant heart

-

Never mind the beating sun

The June bugs and the wasps,

The streams of fire ants

Across a shared last name  

-

There is wholeness here

In these soulful hours,

For this I walk with care

Until the skies blush red

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Long after

The wailing melodies have gone

And the church pews have emptied

Leaving legacies to resound

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From Under the Motionless Dusk

Kindling a weary flame In the pit of my stomach For the voyage across, Reeling backwards through time – On the back of a wave To a cluster of light, Quieting the stars With its siren song – Here I’ll wear out my welcome Here I’ll overindulge, Beached and oversweet Rooted firm in the soil   – Here I’ll be reignited   Flaring luminous and large   For my homeward haul To the…

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From Under the Motionless Dusk

Kindling a weary flame

In the pit of my stomach

For the voyage across,

Reeling backwards through time

-

On the back of a wave

To a cluster of light,

Quieting the stars

With its siren song

-

Here I’ll wear out my welcome

Here I’ll overindulge,

Beached and oversweet

Rooted firm in the soil  

-

Here I’ll be reignited   

Flaring luminous and large  

For my homeward haul

To the motionless dusk

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A Trapdoor Falls Open

A collision rattles the mind, A trapdoor falls open And a year-worth of sparks Fade the whole way down – A beaten vessel splits apart A phantom floats from the wreckage And the span of his days Weighs him down with regret – A fever dream is uncorked A long draft kills the sorrow And it’s never enough To dull the blast, the whiplash – A new north star climbs A road cleaves through…

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Noise Pollution

It’s crowded inside of my skull Its walls pulse with ire, Holding back the rhythms Of a ceaseless war – Of the good and worthy struggle Outside of my skin That seeps back into my psyche When screens fade to black – I’m short of breath and overrun With foul rumors and whispers With the day’s outrage In the today’s serpent tongue   – Even in the humble night Where passing slights…

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A Trapdoor Falls Open

A collision rattles the mind,

A trapdoor falls open

And a year-worth of sparks

Fade the whole way down

-

A beaten vessel splits apart

A phantom floats from the wreckage

And the span of his days

Weighs him down with regret

-

A fever dream is uncorked

A long draft kills the sorrow

And it's never enough

To dull the blast, the whiplash

-

A new north star climbs

A road cleaves through the shock

And its swerves unfazed

By all that burns in its wake

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Noise Pollution

It's crowded inside of my skull

Its walls pulse with ire,

Holding back the rhythms

Of a ceaseless war

-

Of the good and worthy struggle

Outside of my skin

That seeps back into my psyche

When screens fade to black

-

I’m short of breath and overrun

With foul rumors and whispers

With the day’s outrage

In the today’s serpent tongue  

-

Even in the humble night

Where passing slights sink away,

The vain choruses erupt

Blanketing the diamond sky 

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The Pale Blue Surface

Launched from the ocean floor To the pale blue surface With a searing pain Locked inside of my chest – Kicking and striving From the pull of the abyss, My fill of salt air Begins to hiss and drain – I’m just out of reach In the lassoing rays, Reeling through a wild palette Of blues and reds    – I’m just out of reach, Inhaling with greed, Sending solitude falling From the hues…