Friday, August 29, 2008

Poems-1995

I wrote these in a frenzy in the spring semester of '95 when I was at CSU Fresno.  

Lightening lit his pallor
and thunder followed as scripted
line by line
and slowly
he lived his life as meant to be

Mr. Majors did not fly
only drove
passed all manors of distinction 
and lived his life as meant to be

His run slowed to shuffle
as blackbirds and rain
dented once a myriad 
of defenses
He depleted stores 
of normalcy

Mr. Wiggles pointed fun
and flaunted paper dolls
both whole and torn
but dolls nonetheless

He waggled and shook tail feathers
secure in the knowledge 
that he knew the all and everything
in his mind he made lightening cower
and thunder follow forked treble clefs
but never lived his life as
he meant his life to be

Mr. Majors met Mr. Wiggles
one day among ten million
and peaked curiosity 
circled each,
sniffing
both convinced he
of the vibrant bloom
or thick cocoon
lived the life of 
Calvary

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