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Tis is Julian Jail,It is not a tangible or physical place
rather this is where we are imprisonedby our travlers hearts
~Milton Stern, 2009
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Make A Home o My HeartMike W Archibald
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A Birthday Wish For Cass Curl
A wave hit youjust below you kneesometimes you orget the wind
its not that you arent observantyou always ip the knie the right way
you have no blind spotin your caroutside a great lakedown Elm Streetstopping at Krugeredge o our seat, wide-eyed at the og
mysteries o Michiganit elt like your birtday to be completely honest
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A Birthday Wish For Cass Curl
Mysteriously you werent thereFeel it again? Another wayLets take our shirts o and walk in the sunyou cut your hair and said
Tis! Is what erudite lie eels like
You were out at sea when you missed so muchyou missed your birthdayHappy Birthdaynowone last wave, so long
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She
She has a smile o a wrap around porchto linger on her lipswould be a aint step into a wonderul home
sitting until the sun setsin our neighborhood
until its too dark to readthe all o the trees and back into her chestwoodre o a heartI want to lay staring at it
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Coastliner to Home
I not just the tideId say the coast is getting closerId say waht we shed or today
is much more immediatethan in previous years
Id say these rocks are a little closer& things seem just that much more immediateI not just the tideId say perhaps lets move this towel
or else drownId say i the ocean pushes these steal tracks
we may need to be concerned
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Coastliner to Home
I it isas you say
Just the tide o the timethen Im going to at leastneed you to hold my hand
as you dobecause as any good Brakeman knowswo hands pull the course
I will remain cautious as everso long as you doas you do
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With You On One Side
When the sirens rom an ambulanceran through the aernoon
you stayed asleep but I was awake restlesswith you on one side o the streetand me on the other
When clean diesel busses shuttle our cityrom block to lockI dreamed o restless travelyou were wrapped in the linens o our bedwith you on one side o the streetand me on the other
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With You On One Side
When garbage trucks roaring and reversingmade a mess o everythingwith you on one side o the streetand me on the other
Aer the 38th parallel where we elt divided
with you on one side o the streetand me on the otherWith my shirt stripped, shoes osand and mud shoreswood driing down the Mississippi River
with your bags packed
leaving your sideselessly or mine
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Droplets
Droplets o waterin the pondormed on a table where your eyes rst openedwith an ear to the suracelie beat back low
Droplets o waterrom a dark skyclean these streets, rivers to the gutterstrickle as a treat& Mark and depth
slip your rm hand into mine
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Droplets
Puddles o raincollecting in my streetcrash as wavesrom cars making a wake
Puddles o rainood my shoesI waited at the oot o the traindoe-eyedaraid o love & broke
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Droplets
Storms surge my lakepressures o the damnedyou said you loved meI criedyou held my hand
Droplets o watermy white noiseI cant sleep without you
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Stones Mark on a Hill
Stones mark on a hillno land masses, steepled massed skylinebuilding high or a horizon, losing time
traveled mornings to see the sun come uplater
later later each day as not to miss ithands on the counter, succumb to so muchnight would allmore Icarus than ZarathustraGod still dead
king taken, not last, bones o the last latemoon in the daylight
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Stones Mark on a Hill
Lie in kitchens no windowsdreams o tents with temporary wallswhen did things change
between eminent domain & maniest destinyno to this maniest
give me a tree, projecting shade on a restingbencho ve and one hal eet,gentle breeze o a cold riends breathand I will return avorably
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On the Teatre Arts
Te regrettable incident youve just seenreviewing the allout o love
here, more lines in case they need a rosethis love was once very pure
/as the say/
my serious excursionsrattlingdown...
my patience retreats and stretchesbut evidently not ar enoughBeore deciding what is wrong and what is rightyou gave up on love
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Water Away
A good lawn takes it all to heartit eels the love o its culture
growing and being cut downgreen days, to burns and weedsTis pasture has no right!
Te heart o a good honest woman, dear pastorcan bare the same ritebut the creation o love;a most difcult water to come byeake a tree, bring sun and it will show you
the good home o New Shade
steady your handstake deep cool breatheswater away
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Chirp birds Chip
Chirp birds chirpor you are the last native sounds
cars pass like rolling wavesbut there is no water to shore
the sky may be more blue & i the wind is right
you way nd what you want
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Oh how your dog does whine
Oh how your dog does whine& youknow what or but,you choose toextract divinity out o the suerings o men
Oh how your dog does whinethe tired brakes o my carits painted appearance now weathersnow bruises now adesmarking another move away rom here
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Oh how your dog does whine
Oh how your dog does whinemy dear she doesin the aches o my jointsin the squeal o my shoes with bad soulselling me that,
Grass certainly will not grow without water
Tis will not do!listen closely....
I think she is sleeping
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Reason
I want a woman o an Ivory owerall blonde and awayShe wont speak my languageor understand my gesturesShe is still
caringair oreign and beautiulShe is o the seaa boata shipa wave me away
I sit at the shoreline and peermisgivings rom light houses or sail mastsYour Ivory ower is above reason
You are Reason
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For Fernando Pessoa
Dont read Disquiet i you are tiredI the road has worn you outI you are looking or advice or a spirit guideI your eyes eel so and your stomach aches
Dont read Disquiet i you are leaving
or have leI you are waiting or running lateI who you are and who you were are in a discourse
Dont read Disquiet i you arent readyto hear the exact eelings o your heartto understand the weight o tears welling up
Never listenRead Disquietwhen you mostly know you shouldnt