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Posted on January 3, 2021 by urbansonnets

I’m puzzledby the weird confluence of deflatingfactors in my so-called being somethingBefuddled: Beloved like carpe diem flowerson alabaster from aural ageseach strand of hair heard like two blank pagesin the crystalline winds of Church hours: I was a docent of … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 31, 2020 by urbansonnets

Turn your cheek in the absence of feelingyou know, the way you do when you cannot cope with the fact that you spend days stealingnow empty words that were but now are not: Your speech is spent, there’re no words … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 31, 2020 by urbansonnets

What times we shared beneath this gloaming skinsplashed and treated with Florida water,hushed and prayed over to free us from sin–though Alcolado Glacial is better: Like a freestyle beat tense and firm we lightout in the cold drawing smoke from … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 2, 2018 by urbansonnets

Literary people don’t like sonnets I’m like, fuck that, this is motherfucking music, this shit is deeper than poems, but it’s poetry too, *************** They say its reminiscent of high school well, my *****, I went to a high school … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 14, 2018 by urbansonnets

I like sonnets because they’re musical A student gave me a bogus hall pass I function as a muse and/or a fool There is no rhyme or reason in a class Social or Spanish, space shrinks in this school Students … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 13, 2018 by urbansonnets

I really almost die inside my sleep where the whiteness of squall and sea prevail as a gust of gulls swooped down and wassail in the salty air through which my thoughts leap. I crash in waves escorted by seaweed, … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 4, 2018 by urbansonnets

Q: What does a king do on a snow day? A: Reign, beloved! What’s today’s mathematics? Understanding. Days with no dramatics but plenty of flair as our fears allay. I place more importance in the new day than in a … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 1, 2018 by urbansonnets

I saw a man caress his father’s fate in a bar last week where raccoons did roam freely on fences while my wife did gloam about how men consume before they sate. I don’t know, I saw him almost fall … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 1, 2018 by urbansonnets

Over him there sits a pall, resting dense despite the sun and sand of the tropics. He looks at the sea through clouded optics despite his tan skin, his body is tense. Kids throwing footballs near the wooden fence that … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 11, 2017 by urbansonnets

Why spend all your time laboring over labor? Slaving away in your dark mind you forget you were once like the plover, spanning continents in patterns undefined. What happened to that flight? You took cover in a warm, sticky place, … Continue reading →

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