Submissions by lightbaron
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
one hundred ounces
Had an extra thirteen bucks and it's sixty some degrees
after four months of the hardest winter I've ever seen.
Bought a pouch of tobacco, the good shit, and four
twentyfive ounce cans of beer, the not so good shit.
It's three fortythree in the afternoon, and the dividends
from the "best to prepared"s are paying off.
The backporch is clear, and the wooden rocker likes its space.
Cleaned the basement, our bedrooms, shed, kitchen, dining room;
did the yardwork and at least started rebuilding the things that need it.
My best buddy lit off...
after four months of the hardest winter I've ever seen.
Bought a pouch of tobacco, the good shit, and four
twentyfive ounce cans of beer, the not so good shit.
It's three fortythree in the afternoon, and the dividends
from the "best to prepared"s are paying off.
The backporch is clear, and the wooden rocker likes its space.
Cleaned the basement, our bedrooms, shed, kitchen, dining room;
did the yardwork and at least started rebuilding the things that need it.
My best buddy lit off...
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white washed
The young man in front of me is drawing.
It's friday night and we're at a bookstore,
I'm happy to see that some kids
still know how to party.
There are a few groups of girls, his age,
drinking double whipped caramel coffee concoctions;
each with an arm next to a designer bag
that costs another households monthly groceries,
and the other in early stages of symbiotic evolution,
holding firm to their cellphones.
They all wear black yoga pants;
proof that the angels that fell
should be the first to be thanked.
If...
It's friday night and we're at a bookstore,
I'm happy to see that some kids
still know how to party.
There are a few groups of girls, his age,
drinking double whipped caramel coffee concoctions;
each with an arm next to a designer bag
that costs another households monthly groceries,
and the other in early stages of symbiotic evolution,
holding firm to their cellphones.
They all wear black yoga pants;
proof that the angels that fell
should be the first to be thanked.
If...
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best to be prepared
not sayin' I give a genuinely grateful
and correctly full fuck yet
but can't quite say that I don't
best to be prepared
act as if it's going to happen
must not be too far off
the days go by
and the sleep seems earned
working hard
even if it isn't paying much
dig holes to fill hours
wasn't sure why a few weeks back
and the snake oil ain't exactly steel
but hot damn if the yard don't look right
shedcleaned gardendug fencebackupped
...
and correctly full fuck yet
but can't quite say that I don't
best to be prepared
act as if it's going to happen
must not be too far off
the days go by
and the sleep seems earned
working hard
even if it isn't paying much
dig holes to fill hours
wasn't sure why a few weeks back
and the snake oil ain't exactly steel
but hot damn if the yard don't look right
shedcleaned gardendug fencebackupped
...
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butterfly affect
butterflies are passing expressions
of extravagant beauty
entire life times
displayed within a single
twenty four hour period
we wonderfully stumble
to comprehend the energy expended
simply to adorn the winds in splendid
for such a short span of time
serendipitous scale and perspective
allow us this outside observation
letting us see a mercurial crystal
of flaked infinity
held against the inside of an open palm
but it is our own immersion...
of extravagant beauty
entire life times
displayed within a single
twenty four hour period
we wonderfully stumble
to comprehend the energy expended
simply to adorn the winds in splendid
for such a short span of time
serendipitous scale and perspective
allow us this outside observation
letting us see a mercurial crystal
of flaked infinity
held against the inside of an open palm
but it is our own immersion...
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the long walk back
overcomplicated it already
thought I had a friend to confide in
tell the muddy personals to
without it being held against me
thought that I was shown the ultrasound
of our boy due in August
to open up healthier channels
but the machinery always gets so gummed up
thought I could take the train
having known the tracks so well
but, a hearty
"get over yourself, kid"
the bigger other says
"tie them shoes even tighter
and get to stepping" ...
thought I had a friend to confide in
tell the muddy personals to
without it being held against me
thought that I was shown the ultrasound
of our boy due in August
to open up healthier channels
but the machinery always gets so gummed up
thought I could take the train
having known the tracks so well
but, a hearty
"get over yourself, kid"
the bigger other says
"tie them shoes even tighter
and get to stepping" ...
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forget me not
two few years before my second score
and have been sufficiently bounced off life
enough to fully appreciate the impression
that i haven't yet put a dent into the big bitch
tried to let the ol' girl down easy
told her that she'd move on swiftly
that many other suitors would pursue her
she said she has never heard of me
humble comes at the head of a hammer
dispelling the delusions of artists
assuming roles of worthy adversary
was certain that she stayed at home
waiting by the phone for my call
rereading the...
and have been sufficiently bounced off life
enough to fully appreciate the impression
that i haven't yet put a dent into the big bitch
tried to let the ol' girl down easy
told her that she'd move on swiftly
that many other suitors would pursue her
she said she has never heard of me
humble comes at the head of a hammer
dispelling the delusions of artists
assuming roles of worthy adversary
was certain that she stayed at home
waiting by the phone for my call
rereading the...
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time unwinds and she flicks minutes
curiosity killed immersion
observation the smoking gun
cats down under the stars
counting currents from the fence post
the number a name unutterable
history entire is an erection
its tantric reserve a singularity
retroactively arousing orgasmic existence
we created the outside in our image
with the alien laying its larvae in line, but
weighted specifics impress upon the pock marked face of god
more than physics
more than philosophy
more than poetry
is the smile that sits between her expression ...
observation the smoking gun
cats down under the stars
counting currents from the fence post
the number a name unutterable
history entire is an erection
its tantric reserve a singularity
retroactively arousing orgasmic existence
we created the outside in our image
with the alien laying its larvae in line, but
weighted specifics impress upon the pock marked face of god
more than physics
more than philosophy
more than poetry
is the smile that sits between her expression ...
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scourged sand dunes
she has always loved me
but an elusive cowardice
loosens what's held of that place
and i will fall through
appointing responsibility to clenched fists
aimed to pound out the winds
that are always angry
she is not like life
realizing romance in want
she demands answers
which could never be met
again she asks on these winds
that are always angry
to erode the formed
even when erected for her
i have always loved her
but confuse the tenacity
in consistently starting over
for an anwer
that would...
but an elusive cowardice
loosens what's held of that place
and i will fall through
appointing responsibility to clenched fists
aimed to pound out the winds
that are always angry
she is not like life
realizing romance in want
she demands answers
which could never be met
again she asks on these winds
that are always angry
to erode the formed
even when erected for her
i have always loved her
but confuse the tenacity
in consistently starting over
for an anwer
that would...
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same as it never was
never been beyond this
and would fail in tremendous cheer
if i could afford some liquor
pride comes before the fall
and this is well after
but it is not a noble or humble
that keeps me from lashing out
smash grab gimme then route
nor is it the complacency of depression
i would see the fucker in the ring tonight
if it had a face to show
and i am ready for the big weigh-in
but i am one of so very little faith
despite my sermon on the mount
expounding the prophecy of psychedelia
spouting...
and would fail in tremendous cheer
if i could afford some liquor
pride comes before the fall
and this is well after
but it is not a noble or humble
that keeps me from lashing out
smash grab gimme then route
nor is it the complacency of depression
i would see the fucker in the ring tonight
if it had a face to show
and i am ready for the big weigh-in
but i am one of so very little faith
despite my sermon on the mount
expounding the prophecy of psychedelia
spouting...
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snake oil
how far can the flaw run
before the redemption dampens?
there is no truth to morality
but it can sure as hell tell density
to the stuff we call real
one must decide
to remain anonymous
or not
and so everyday a model is made
with measured breath
and plumbed thought
after the esoteric splinters
are picked out of the foot
that hammers down daily
here the mistakes are naming themselves
running from the wetness of reconciliation
before the redemption dampens?
there is no truth to morality
but it can sure as hell tell density
to the stuff we call real
one must decide
to remain anonymous
or not
and so everyday a model is made
with measured breath
and plumbed thought
after the esoteric splinters
are picked out of the foot
that hammers down daily
here the mistakes are naming themselves
running from the wetness of reconciliation
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thank the devil for adorning our ladies
it approaches as an anxiety
behind a hundred bonobos
dividing decimals as sacrament
in the hallowed halls of whole numbers
behind a hundred bonobos
dividing decimals as sacrament
in the hallowed halls of whole numbers
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Eros wears a bootlegged Rolex
she attracts in tiers that makes the stun manageable
her first impression took ten years to imprint
and smiles that stretch decades should be appalling
yet, the future establishes itself as the magnet for past
in a cracked plastic moment;
a leaking chrysalis of liquid crystal
pouring forth into the dream she had of me last year,
while simultaneously filling the room that these words
are written from today
my embarrassment threatens the mercury that reveals times conspiracy...
her first impression took ten years to imprint
and smiles that stretch decades should be appalling
yet, the future establishes itself as the magnet for past
in a cracked plastic moment;
a leaking chrysalis of liquid crystal
pouring forth into the dream she had of me last year,
while simultaneously filling the room that these words
are written from today
my embarrassment threatens the mercury that reveals times conspiracy...
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