Author Archives: urbansonnets

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We are upon a transition today;that is, if you want change, or time to dreamwhile waking; my bones are aching to say:”Life’s a dream and even dreams unseem”:The unseemly, uncanny seam between the worth of touch or feel and of reply–Well, that is … Continue reading

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The day I was born was full of movement,and I’m still sliding today, from the left-hand side; and every breath is a moment,till I’ve no more spirit and no breath left:If you were to tell me, “Movement’s your muse,” I’d say, “But I stay inside all … Continue reading

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“MASH-UP”

Courtesy of http://www.youbuytheticket.comI’d swallow a dove for lack of shit I’d swallow love like an endless hit, dropped on the pavement with a chipped tooth, maybe born again, maybe not as fingers that massage the masses: déjame estar, un momento, en… Continue reading

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There is a chink in my chain mail breastplatethat I slay night-slippers just to scratch at,because I love danger: check or checkmate,and I’ll overturn the board to patch that:slit with insane swagger and confidence, which is not the same as reinfo… Continue reading

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I pounced on the pavement and chipped a tooth,and as the wind whirled by clouds, earth and sky,I was dazed for a bit, then I saw truthrip up from a crack, right before my eye:The vision was as such: I saw new shoes on a pantsuit, with no brandname… Continue reading

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Hours to turn your life into magic,to animate ashes into passes,and islands into archipelagicclusters: fingers that massage the masses:From a spot of isolation I comeso communal–my turbulence the waves that rock your babe to sleep, as you becomea… Continue reading

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Passioned filibuster; time held by love,and space dropped into an atom in which,length, width and height flatten; push comes to shove,and smite comes to have heart — its beat does itch: So scratchy, flagrant, fragrance fills the air;you can feel,… Continue reading

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A la EsperanzaEsperanza, mi más noble consorte,mi visión doblada, entre voz y tacto,tu pelo rajado en corvino corte,mi esencia rendida, el tenor abstracto: Déjame estar, un momento, en las sombras,bajo el tenebroso techo de amor;Yo reniego de ti -… Continue reading

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Evaluative precepts don’t conform us;we reshape ourselves for them, as the worldsprings more complex / we put up a fussand eschew mystery for paths unfurledby the hand of the Law; on greenish rugswe run–ran, trod on–by expectation: they’ll be se… Continue reading

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There’s water weight holding down my stomach,as a ship of fools that’s packed to the brimdoes sink and swim–a sub supra hammock-like flows and feelings over waters swim: But queasiness is learning to be real,so I’ll slurp up the salty water waves… Continue reading

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