Cunctus Cope Poems

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1.
Belated Mention Of Grudges Often Lead To Dismissal

“Every seedy upbringing contributed to this seedy night.”
Cries the Lord of this industrious shire
I walk past lowlifes and spot a mourning mother
Subtly weeping over her loss to the fire
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2.
Spill

Out for a stroll on some solidified oil
The mogul mutters mantras against the dawn
Clutching his taut Taiwanese timepiece
A Rockerfellian Kubla Khan
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3.
The Four Usurpers

The Usurpers seize and ruin our dreams of the perfect stranger
Though we are not outside – we feel that we are in great danger
Outsiders cannot exist if we are not inside ourselves
We have never fit these molds – we only measured their shelves
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4.
Chiasmus

How is the insulation that comes with certainty?
Certainty that you’ll never be devoid of necessity
Necessity of resource and other triviality
Triviality to you is bad when grounded in reality
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5.
Concrete Jungle

Look around with vigor
As the asphalt’s exposed to the sky
Graveyard shift is in motion
But that business feeds another guy
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6.
Prophet

You’ve a splendid vision and it can change our world
It’s on a limb stretched to uncharted lengths
One moment of epiphany for an eternal plan
Now is the part where you do what you can
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7.
A Lucidity Suite

A. In all my dreams

I wake up a half-hour early
Yet I’m still reduced to my bed
Walk in and think you’re waking me up
But I’ve been realigning my head
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8.
Sanction Of The Victim

The predator prowls streets of pyrite
Glass houses don't conceal to appeal
He knows he's the worst, yet he has no conviction
He thinks he can do the sanction of the victim
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9.
Kitsch

I will sear your memory cells when I realize who settles the score
People may mourn if they're caught off-guard, but they'll see it's just a bore
We're all busy dying, but I'll agree with our lady Ayn Rand
I will indulge in rational selfishness to forget where you stand
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