Ben Partenay Poems

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21.
This Bird, This Metaphor

There is the question of life and I
Questioned it again on my way to
The next town, somewhere in between
This place and wherever this road
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22.
He Smiled, I

eventually I think we will sink from
all the tears the icebergs leak from the polar
caps, and the radio man will say “today
we’re sinking with a chance for sunny
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23.
For A Girl

there's been many days when all the world's black
when i have hid it with a breaking smile
and you have shown me just for what i am
a broken child
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24.
5 A.M.

a clutch of nothing, you wish
for the dream to return, to
feel the tip of touch and let
the fingers dance mad once
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25.
The Will Of A Lover

Cover the ground with snow and white
Bury the town in soft moonlight
Watch the buildings flee from sight
On a lovers night
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26.
And All The King's Horses And All The King's Men

the secrets out with a bird song.
this morning rose like a sunset
and everyone agreed that
something was ending.
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27.
A Chess Game, Life

desks sit in rows
like prison bars
next door a telephone
sings hurry songs
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28.
A Walk Through Withrow Park, And On

And in the orchestra of Withrow Park,
I’ve searched for meaning in the violins.
Within the strings I’ve held my breath,
within the breeze that tosses scarves
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29.
But Now I Cannot Stop The Dawn

It's dawn again, I heard you say
Your tired voice spoke volumes with it's tone
I think you meant the world is black
When you called the moon a worthless stone
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30.
The Trouble With Love

It goes like this
She offers her hand
You take it, she
Pulls back, says
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