Poetry

L'Appel Du Vide

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I shall jump out the window Triumphant and bold, my final task To why I do, I’ll tell you - I’m sick But more, I beg you, do not ask This life was long and death will give rest When I lie in the earth, at last I’ll belong I’ll rot to the bone in the womb of all life And hum to the tune of her motherly song I’ll be in the air, all around, everywhere I’ll come back as the soil, compressed into oil
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Tin-Can Forest

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The forest in a tin can Is not much worth to the city man All he prays for is booze and green paper But when the draft runs dry And thoughts of “why?” Like grief, in the night, come knocking He wishes for no more than death He knows that’s all he’s sure to get From above he looks on down To the metal maze below Soon, like deflated spiders
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