A jarring series of negatives, Lawrence. A trap(ped) (feeling)..
Doug
On Jun 4, 2014, at 5:20 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Things roll away the senses cannot hold
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> for instance an eyeball on a big plate
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> glittering far seen glutinous for instants
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> one imagines crunchy. One considers
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> winning. The ambitious do, the kingdom
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> of odds a mental construct. Keys jangle
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> but it don't mean freedom. The pots rattle
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> but it don't mean food. Hot waves break on a solid
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> shore that won't bring safety; champion coconut's
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> full sour tension becomes repetitious.
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> The harvest is only brief comfort.
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Douglas Barbour
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