In promising all
Giving little lives the spirit
Of Edward Bernays

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joyously spellbound
in a heartfelt, altered state
morphed into a hound

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Hypnotic coins
Sea monkeys to play with
Doggy done it too

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too many words i see
more bosomy and leggy
just sell the sizzle

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staring out to sea
where magical things were real
and cost a dollar

in akhet season
I cross the minds horizon
with my thoughts as boats

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an imagined world
coffee, cars and carefree faces
all beyond the sea

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water reflects thoughts
hellish self contemplation
minutes turn to years

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full sublimation
sun-laced, warm, salty breezes
king and serf at once

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sensing but a void
the man's mind can see paris
drowning on dry land

slave built dark temple
where real decisions are made
the towers must fall

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hiding behind masks
the vainglory of the self
bellies, cocks, and cunts

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After the battle's
Won, will the undead still need
To be the other?

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Reeking cheap drama,
dependent on costumes, light,
obtuse script writing.

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lighting the fuse
the whole squalid tribe
are reduced to ash

inconsolable
her life a distant shore
ever receding

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met her at the pub
we was merrily singin'
but she had the blues

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with cottage cheese thighs
scoliosis brace unbound
it's valentine's day

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fumes of paint thinner
naked in your blue embrace
imagination

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split second frozen
the woman as a young girl
bombing from the pier

sudden violence
her body hits the water
too shocked to laugh