~Subterranean Junket~

WordWulf By WordWulf, 9th Feb 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/md51wl-1/
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~ Epic Avant-garde Poetry ~
~ Life is a cross ties ~ footstep on the moon ~ sadder than spilt water ~ funnel of mercy ~ Intent of counterpoint ~ duelists in the dawn ~ portrait silhouette ~ baby is crying~

~Subterranean Junket~

There’s a white woman in the room
shampoo
you can’t judge speed from a distance
come on down

There is no ending
but I do appreciate your rejection
beauty abounds on the face of youth
freefall

Tiger loose in the woods
midnight fisherwoman
lines on water
waterline

She hid her spirit
sun-streaks on the garden
submission
will of masters

A tongue in the cave
tasteless commentary
witness wisdoms
damned to be thirsty

Fellow witnesses
all hail
bride of satan
to wings aspire

Shallow aurora
shadow of eos
no time like now
some thing fishy swim

I don’t understand you
thank you
your applause
might unearth me

Respite of tyrants
from mouths of babes
epithet
lullaby

A mother to strangers
orphans of choice
voice of descent
six cubed down

Decision to wear my motor
a free and separate passion
dizzying rain
dithery doo

Unclear as stark light
a bug on the windscreen
this dream sequence
leggy bits of goo

The cueing of partners
frazzle of thread bits
bananas on a plate
speaking of winter

Four times a dollar
quarters of century
ill spent years
praying for mother

Who will hold us up
robbers upon closing
death is a whip
nine bells down

Prisoners of light
moth conspiracy
war men fan the flames
sense of dignity

Left and right crosses
requirements of requiem
asleep in the choir
voice deeper than stone

Let us taste his beans
the door of opportunity
three winds in a vacuum
outside waiting four more

We were passed by Dilbert
a tin-can tuna melt
tryin’ to live in the hills
a writer of camp songs

She has fish eyes
ducks swimming ‘cross the sky
each drawer wears a masque
alone in the room

Life is a cross ties
footstep on the moon
sadder than spilt water
funnel of mercy

She listens to voices
owls sleep in the afternoon
for a slice of white bread
dreams of the kill

Intent of counterpoint
duelists in the dawn
portrait silhouette
baby is crying

A city on the move
weeping of mountain
witless romantic
the emperor sighs

Legends of God-speak
thin binding flesh
Momma’s smoking a cigarette
laughter from the whiskey bar

We slept in a roadhouse
the moon is at seven
with some consideration
a sharing of wounds

Raccoons crossing the yard
the wife and I drank tea
her personal favorite
what children don’t know

The clamor of legion
awaiting window
wooden never bored
phat pulpit dancers

He was eight parts wisdom
the rest must come before
a howling of madmen
presumptuous creed

There are more white cars
China is down under
kangaroos are not
whiskey men philosophers

The angel risks
imagination
shoestring around her throat
progression of aims

Don’t hold me up
sharpen your whistle
lay down your weapons
anticipate this

The little man is unbelted
we got laws to prove you
three times protector
bullet in the brain

Ain’t no wax dummy
there are porcelain lips
who sings the heart song
we are too sick to beg

She would rather walk
paddle canoe oar else
come fathom the morrow
we is in too deep

Time out for prayers
they’re digging trenches
television snowstorm
resolute madness

An eye on the storm
shuffling gait
twisted scenario
truth

Teasing the pickpocket
no crowd control
so help us God money
fresh folding

When praying is preying
man beneath the robe
don’t climb into the box
willing prisoner

We police ourselves
1-800-to snitch
you ain’t no bargain basement
small wonder price we pay

Nestled on a hill
hugged in a closet
Children are glad houses
ante up everyone wins

Traffic is a phat truck
a snail crawls our brain
either no leftovers
or that’s all there is

A treatise on selling out
snowmen in the dark
stick figures and angels
homesick at home

A juried selection
prisoners executed at dawn
the art of living
and of living art

An eager applicant
bottom line aficionados
three monkeys for lunch
acute indigestion

Mother spoon nipple
simple garden rape
pure of poison
deadliest sin

Don’t make those faces
injurious by design
listen to the song of your loins
a children’s choir

A lavender sunrise
midnight promises
house of whispers
where lovers reside

No thing is perfect
such drift of cloud life
change is on the wind
a likening to sorrow

Some thing’s eating his brain
doubt and melancholy no
not what might have been
what must have been yes

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Esplanade~
~We Poor Rise~
~Blessings of Phaedra~

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author avatar WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)

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author avatar Denise O
10th Feb 2011 (#)

Darn that was a lot to take in. To be quite honest, I don't know what it all means. I must re-read it a few more times. Nice darn flow though.
Thank you for sharing.:)

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author avatar WordWulf
10th Feb 2011 (#)

It goes all over the place. I appreciate you taking a whack at it.

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