Daniel Brick Poems

In your world Love has tentacles
which it wraps around your body
to squeeze out even that last
breath you gulped before they tightened
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I can't hold on to things securely.
They drop to the floor at unexpected
moments. I am walking to the door
that leads to another room, and
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Once that first leaf
gently detaches itself
from tree and branch,
and falls, with a slight
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I imagine an aged Greek slave, serving
a Roman master with slavish flattery.
I imagine him broken in body but vibrant
in mind. He spends hours each day
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We will arrive in our Garden
at the same moment, as the leaves
are soaking up the food of light
and waving their health into the air
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He has never known desire, never felt
that magnetic pull toward another being
to close the gap that divides people,
that confines us all to our spheres of aloneness,
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I
On a wide plateau an immense field
spreads out its welcome. Cottonwoods
rim te park on two sides, eagles
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You won't find me puffed-up
with a false glory,
like a simple flag pretending
to be a banner of glory,
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I live a modest life, I shun
displays of opinion or pride,
give the last word to others
to cinch our accord, or mark
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A Fantasy

Are you surprised to see me? You should -
not be. I have been in your vicinity often,
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