tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49459358599786199572024-03-13T13:17:41.788-06:00TWILIT<i>by <a href="http://ceruleannocturne.blogspot.com">Shaun Lawton</a></i>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-16562288184056593292023-01-15T17:56:00.000-07:002023-01-15T17:56:37.361-07:00QUANTUM COMPUTER <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">in order to </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">store </span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;" /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">information after </span></span><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">all's said and done).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20.9px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">Decentralized</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">Processing </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">Units consist of our</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20.9px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">a)universe b)galaxies </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">c)solar systems d)exo</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">planets </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">e)brains. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">Choose wisely </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">or the computer </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">ends </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">up using you.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;"><br /></span>
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">(We already </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">built </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">it in the future </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20.9px;">in the first place </span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 20.9px;"> </span></span><br />
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</div>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-68221817383113284102022-06-05T20:57:00.006-06:002022-10-08T14:25:58.316-06:00STARING BACK<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">It was a scoured day: </span></p><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Windfall, crisp </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> with a polarized glare </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> to the sunset.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">The scoop of blue radiated</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> around the horizon </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> bleeding</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> from indigo </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">into orange-black</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> as the stars </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;">winked open</span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> one by </span></div><div><span style="font-family: georgia;"> one</span></div>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-37136522244571118202021-04-06T21:21:00.004-06:002022-10-08T14:26:32.694-06:00TO THE FALLEN, WE SING <div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> <i>for Greg... </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Of thread, cordage and umber</div><div style="text-align: left;">our patchwork armor is grown and shed</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Woven from strands long gone under</div><div style="text-align: left;">cross bonded with others locked arm in hand</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Who must yearn to remember </div><div style="text-align: left;">the old adventures in which they bled</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Walking through darkness in thunder</div><div style="text-align: left;">also haunted by brothers lost to the land</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> This conflict, universal</div><div style="text-align: left;">conscripted or drafted in the end</div><div style="text-align: left;"> Either to serve or to plunder</div><div style="text-align: left;">the long ago promise of a reprimand</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> A soldier's song will be sung</div><div style="text-align: left;">and always remembered by a friend</div><div style="text-align: left;"> When it has torn you asunder</div><div style="text-align: left;">captured in the drum beat of a marching band...</div>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-92036911071614498132021-03-26T15:38:00.004-06:002021-03-26T15:40:48.371-06:00STARS <i>for <a href="https://youtu.be/R6ystlutejI">Brian Eno </a></i><div><i><br /></i><br /><span style="font-family: georgia;"> Like waves crashing on a beach<br />faces sinking into the murk <br />amid shafts of sunlight below<br />thriving green stagnant ponds<br /><br /><br />phantoms of angler fish merging<br />into fading profiles of Maya kings<br />legion drown into the scintillating murk<br />overseen by the eye of a cephalopod <br /><br /><br />or is that a spider exactly the wind<br />hisses over diamantine droplets <br />you're just conjuring a host of names<br />the human heart a polished mineral <br /><br /><br />making contact along the circuit<br />breakers sinking like a rosary <br />dropped from the deck of the Titanic<br />the demonic wreaths of coral gardens await<br /><br /><br />O, green whale, eagle of the depths <br />spilling incense taking turbulent shapes<br />of faces mirrored along the crown of eyes<br />shredding into angels of birds <br /><br /><br />the Ancient of Days reflected in stellar parallax <br />within a quadrant of time reaching out <br />for the heart of a burial into rebirth staring <br />back from the well fed <a href="https://youtu.be/R6ystlutejI">wide open hole</a></span><br /></div>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-5823319232984824702020-08-22T13:46:00.010-06:002021-03-26T15:37:08.252-06:00LESSONS FROM CATS<p> <span style="font-family: georgia;">First we must allow trust</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> to develop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">It requires a certain amount</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of courage,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">not to mention a degree</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of patience. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">All the rest has to do</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> with tenderness.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Meet halfway with trust</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and a kiss.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">We may suffer</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> overreacting </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Having been conditioned</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> by violence</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">to never comprehend</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> what is amiss,</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">or we may take a lesson</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> from cats.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Observe their silence</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> and curious tactics</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Serving to impress</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> their legend upon us</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">and be sure to practice</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> them with each other</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">so we may depend</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> on our legacy</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">sailing the seas</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"> of companionship.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1104" data-original-width="828" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--nk-r29W38M/X0F4PAEpqsI/AAAAAAAAMeQ/cGw5zhr8TOsTApVtfkdrjEXds_P6SLBWwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/118068866_10158658933234655_9092000296911210488_o.jpg" /></div><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p></p>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-66451242977209883782019-09-12T22:03:00.001-06:002019-09-12T22:03:24.776-06:00DREAM FOR US<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">When a tree falls in the forest</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">is it mourned by its standing survivors</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the vibrations it made indistinct </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">as the memory of a thunderclap?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Does the question become </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">not whether a tree makes a sound</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">if it falls without anyone around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to hear it, but rather, is there even such</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a thing as the ground when that appears</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to be gathered from our perception?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Not even the forest suspects this much</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">least of all the trees, each one of whom, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">for instance, may b</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">elieve they are the king </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of all existence. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">In whose dream, then</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">may a leaf be heard to fall, again?</span><br />
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<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Listen up. Without you</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>there can be no story. </i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A very old tree totters over </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">into the wildwood far away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with a sound approaching </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the memorial of thunder</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to its standing survivors.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: georgia, times new roman, serif;">Around the edge of the bay</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">outspread in their foothold</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">through funereal compost</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">melding with rotten mold </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a blue unreal mossy fungus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">spreads out and grabs hold.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Under the loam of bedrock</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">another microtone gets added</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">to the layers in the chorus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of their growing forest song.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-87059320850148577222019-08-27T16:18:00.000-06:002019-08-27T17:04:22.234-06:00ESCAPE FROM EDEN FALLS <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Under the ridges </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of unfurled magnetic </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">schematics working their</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">magic in collective tides.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Rendered beyond </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the coldest fringes </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stalking the tragic on</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">their retrospective rides.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Sacrosanct thy presence </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">in the crowned wake </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of an eternal sunrise </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">on the other hand.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Of darkness let the rays </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cast down be reminders </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">illumination may also </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">come from the damned.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">They say you have never </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">seen obscurity like the lost </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ones in the caverns </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">who </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">must betray the light.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Indigo droplets </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">form for all those </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">who enter the void </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and escape into night.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The minimal bead has</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">captured the inverted </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">sky and mirrored it off </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">our own blackened eyes.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The multifaceted compound </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">flower of panopticon </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">stares into itself </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">at every focal point.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Drowned into a yawning </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">crevasse unzipped along </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the stepping spine </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of its own device.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A factory's evolution </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of reassembled parts </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">can never reach a true</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">symmetry of outcome.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Over the fallen </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">waves receding into</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">the rhythmic imbalance</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of periodic ice. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-79543844832402460992019-02-09T17:16:00.002-07:002019-02-09T17:21:28.893-07:00MIRROR behind the veil<br />
of stars we can see<br />
hides the night<br />
of eternity among<br />
these folds remain<br />
<div>
the very ones<br />
we can reach out<br />
for with our finger<br />
tips with eons<br />
left before they<br />
grow to yield<br />
their sentient fruit</div>
<div>
that light the shroud<br />
of a ghost that has<br />
found itself yet<br />
to be born</div>
shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-48939527209865861352016-11-27T16:29:00.000-07:002016-11-27T16:30:00.772-07:00THE HIDDEN HUSHIf there is any such thing as silence<br />
Where on earth would we find it<br />
<br />
So long as we remain alive here<br />
If not inside the deepest, darkest cave?<br />
<br />
Even nestled down within a lightless cavern<br />
We'd mistake the colossal subharmonics for quiet.<br />
<br />
And Death itself will not offer us this complete peace.<br />
By that time, we will no longer be listening.<br />
<br />
<br />
shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-60352924480924150842016-06-13T14:09:00.001-06:002016-06-13T15:50:09.710-06:00THE OTHER VOICES <div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>for Al Attanasio</i></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the mirror-people </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">escaped </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">from their self-portraits</span><br />
<div>
<br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> individual droplets </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">comprising </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">a much larger wave</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> creatures of a greater dynamic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">whose crest disappears when examined</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the waves of a myriad individuals </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">so long as they do not interfere <br /><br />what breaks down </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">into a higher order<br /> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the reduced forms who peer</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> over </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">their own event horizon</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">growing into a greater array</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> to look back from whence they came<br /><br /> broken down from an ionic compound </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and reconstructed by electrostatic forces</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the electrically insulated beings </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of a highly conductive experience</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> the few freed electrons of a greater surge </span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">that made it through the slit<br /><br />salt to sparks</span></div>
<div>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> sparks to salt </span></div>
shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-961107751257989382016-05-05T14:31:00.001-06:002019-02-08T17:29:14.886-07:00STARCROSSED<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">From high above the earth I've seen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">a shared view with the eagle's keen </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">sense </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">of focus a darkened tower </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">of cloud bank shining, </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">& beneath its bower </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">prosaic beams of sunlight </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">engrave </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">an inscription of steam on the land </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">underneath </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">unveiling a dream whose vision </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">bequeathed </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">to mine eyes held aloft </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">of the glorious scrying, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">the difference between </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">those living & dying, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">though seemingly occupied </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">on the same land </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">and on happenstance meetings </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">intertwined by the hand </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">are in fact in a fleeting </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">transition of fate </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">whereby sharing the meadow </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">on each other's date </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">is entirely besides </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">the point </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">as of late, </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">for each bending vista that reflects </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">from their eyes </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">is a seperate world under </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">differing skies </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">and the dream shared between them </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">an illusory lie </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">as they whistle together hand in hand </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">down the path </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">oblivious to the contact in defiance </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">of the wrath </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">of the moment illumined by the Sun. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">The inter</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">galactic contact is over the moment</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 19.8px; line-height: 27.72px;">when our clasped hands come undone.</span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-35025504453902022322016-04-14T14:57:00.000-06:002016-04-28T14:52:56.223-06:00SITTING IN A WICKER CHAIR IN MY BACK YARD IN SALT LAKE CITY UTAH<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: x-small;"><i>for James and Franz</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The peach sapling in front of me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">personifies a defiance behind which</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">more flowering trees gather.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">An old oak that long ago lost its leaves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">grows a new white branch reaching upward</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">with capillary fingers for a blue April sky.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">The white cloud above that assumed the bottle </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">nose </span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">dolphin shape is now a boxing glove</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">slowly becoming a human brain.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Various bird songs blend with the wind</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">creaking the wood slatted fence</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">our neighbor's maple grove leans upon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Never mind the sound of passing rubber tires</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">or the commuter rail train clanking by.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I have tried to make the best of my life.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-31575686945347849832016-04-07T13:33:00.002-06:002016-04-07T13:34:03.356-06:00SILENCED<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">Winter's light</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">through clouds, March</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">and curtains reaches</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">our room </span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">A</span> weary<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;"> </span>traveler</span> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">after so many</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">miles yo<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">u'</span>d think</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">B</span>ut no, the light</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">remains as easy going</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;">and bright as it ever was</span><br />
<br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">E</span>ven if its voice</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;"> somewhat muted</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 27.719999313354492px;"> dis<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "utopia" , "palatino linotype" , "palatino" , serif;">solves away</span> </span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-70600812551189611242015-12-02T22:51:00.000-07:002017-02-25T14:00:24.769-07:00BLINK BLANK I speak from a land unsane <br />
projected from the blossoming<br />
terrain unfolding in shudder <br />
lapse mutation for our beautiful<br />
camera's observation so the heap<br />
of history happens once buried <br />
beneath strata crushed under avalanche<br />
how to escape this inexorable advance<br />
we pray until our grins become permanent <br />
<br />
<br />shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-3831237748804513272015-09-22T15:09:00.011-06:002021-01-30T21:51:07.914-07:00MINOR CHORD<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">beyond, beyonder</span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ridiculous concepts</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">there exists nothing</span><br /><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">but the current moment</span><br /><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">even these words</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">w</span>ritten in a sustained </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">n</span>ote r</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">emain <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">absurd</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">notions for</span> any w</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">ho </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">happen <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">t</span>o view them</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-91389450841562185012015-09-22T14:46:00.003-06:002015-10-19T17:29:15.391-06:00BAT COVE, MOAB<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-size: x-small; line-height: 19.32px;"><i>for Zane and David </i></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.32px;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.32px;">Leaves tremble, fronds wave</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.32px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; line-height: 19.32px;">River flows, clouds pass</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19.32px;">Birds call out, lizards scatter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.32px;">Day bleeds, trees darken</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.32px;">Bats hunt, eyes open<br />Night sets, we awaken</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.32px;">Moon floats, stars appear<br />Rain drops, fire licks</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; line-height: 19.32px;">Steam hisses, flames reach<br />Out like hands and taste the evening</span></span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-39349889282481336232015-07-31T11:51:00.004-06:002015-10-19T17:26:37.933-06:00EVENING KEEP<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On the wasteland of our dreamscape</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">erecting campsites in the middle of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">the night. S</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">upplying another spot on </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the line of wavering dots. O</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">ur flaring </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">campfire barely altering the timbre </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">of our star's voice. O</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">f the sparks flung </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">our way from the dark, do you remain </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">impartial? </span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Down here within these stone </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">walls we can't help but wonder. </span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-41495458041814546532015-07-31T10:58:00.001-06:002016-04-28T16:06:22.298-06:00BY THE WHARF<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">A carnivore fed only once, it said</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"Dream me," while it ate a mouse</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">and afterward, the bones were scrapped,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">cat-scratchings under the pylons now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">dissolved in the moonlight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">playing on the black surface </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">of the water </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">rippling amid</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">undulating shadows</span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-79080440857526715972015-07-19T21:31:00.001-06:002015-10-19T17:31:10.633-06:00BEFORE WE GET BURIED AGAIN<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Under the low slung skin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of the night reflecting fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">From our slow approaching star</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Life lines held up like stems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In a jar full of water and sugar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We rose in the dark eyes closed</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Asleep and forgetting the dream</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of being awake in a forest and breathing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It all in during a flashing silver sunrise</span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-88772907147278676762015-06-14T11:19:00.002-06:002015-06-15T16:50:17.356-06:00 ROLLBACK <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><br />Staring In to <br /><br />the Reflecting Eye<br /><br />a sense of distance <br /><br /><br /> the pupilled interior <br /><br />shuttling through <br /><br />infinitesimal shades <br /><br />of darkness <br /><br /><br /> to form a coruscating <br /><br />sheen—the sheer abundance <br /><br />of stellar furnaces Inside<br /><br />scintillating and piping <br /><br />out their multicolored<br /><br />melodies we receive <br /><br />with eyes that sing<br /><br /><br /> to behold such an echoing <br /><br />grandiloquent fugue<br /><br />as this symphonic ballad <br /><br />of the suicidal arias<br /><br />adrift—for nothing fits <br /><br />the feeding frenzy below<br /><br />better than the dead<br /><br /><br /> black reflection <br /><br />of a shark's eye <br /><br />peering at the core<br /><br />of the cosmos <br /><br /><br />living ghost of a <br /><br />once blown heart <br /><br />when it blinks—<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />—that's just humanity <br /><br />skipping a beat <br /><br /><br /> to get to sleep while <br /><br />the night lies wide <br /><br />awake around us<br /><br /><br /> crickets chirruping<br /><br />susurrations of song <br /><br /><br /> notes captured deep<br /><br />within outer space<br /></span>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 26px;"><br /></span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-85738062998589018892015-06-11T21:36:00.000-06:002016-04-28T16:06:55.644-06:00PETALVIEW<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">The stars</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18.7000007629395px; line-height: 37.4000015258789px;">—</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">captured</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> mayflies </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">in crystalline suspension</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18.7000007629395px; line-height: 37.4000015258789px;">—</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">echo their harmonies.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">Each unique instrument</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">across this spectrum</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">adds to the symphony</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">of the multiverse.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">Hearts explode </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">within the macroplasm.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> Lungs expand and collapse here.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br style="background-color: white; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;" /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">Shadows of these events </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">seen as grotesque forms </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">interplay against the interior</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">of these lit up circus tents.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> The filaments of rungs </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">to which we've clung </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">remain as present</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 18.7000007629395px; line-height: 37.4000015258789px;">as ever diminishing notes. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> We who are shown clearly </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">are now fleeting</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;"> from the point of view </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 19.7999992370605px; line-height: 27.7199993133545px;">of the stars.</span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-57035410100248608502015-06-02T14:24:00.001-06:002015-06-12T11:02:59.330-06:00FALL BLOSSOMS<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More than laughter frees the man </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">who dares to stop questioning</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">—</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Listen—the stars are talking</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">late at night in our back yard</span><br />
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shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-11434620892341923692015-05-29T14:54:00.001-06:002016-04-28T16:15:53.727-06:00FOCUSING<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">for Shasta</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Day comes out, night stays in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Only time may touch our skin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Look deep in there toward the stars</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">To see the echo of a heart </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Once alive p</span><span style="font-family: georgia, 'times new roman', serif;">eer outside with your eyes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Just to notice paradise</span><br />
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<br />shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-84409273752707656532015-03-26T20:03:00.000-06:002015-07-28T11:49:18.288-06:00TURNING THE OTHER SHOE<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All men fall equal prey </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to the mistake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of betrayal.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All men fall equal prey </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to betray. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Betraying others </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">betrays one's self. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Betraying one's self </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">betrays others.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All men fall equal prey </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">to the mistake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of pride. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Too much pride breeds arrogance.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">All men fall equal prey </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">to the mistake</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Of being judgmental.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">To judge equals being judged. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Judgementalism replaces listening. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Listening always becomes necessary. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">All men fall equal prey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In order to learn anything</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">One must escape the choir</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span>shaunhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14054968054917843198noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4945935859978619957.post-25172311786301206662015-03-09T10:27:00.000-06:002015-03-14T15:49:17.365-06:00OR A GAME, I<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Another folded crease in the universe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Exactly like a paper bridge created</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">temporarily by overlapping tabs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">in blossoming intricacy interlocking</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">spindle woven along spiral revolutions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A game, or am I</span>—<span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">the only question</span>—<br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A construct, without a room for doubt,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">as faith, fueled and fed, thrives wild. </span><br />
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