David McLansky Poems

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271.
I Celebrate Your Safe Return

I celebrate your safe return,
From the daily horrors that were your concerns:
The dread assembly of body parts
The broken limbs, the blasted hearts;
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272.
Paris,1896

In my little garret room
Untouched by feather-duster broom
I slump down in my hard wood chair
And exhale cold clouds in icy air
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273.
For Lillian: In Memorium

For Lillian: In Memoriam

In the Hotel Marrakech
Two hippies traveling from the West;
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274.
To The Poet Blackbird

It seems to me,
(Or am I obtuse?)
But language often,
Is a ruse,
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275.
Like A Singer In Some Dark Cafe

Like a singer in some dark cafe,
I do not mark the night from day,
But turn and bow and pirouette
And sing the songs of my short set;
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276.
Riff On Gajanan Mishra’s 'Girl'

Demon Girl
Keeper of the Flame
In your shimmering sheath
You move naked without shame;
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277.
The Advantages Of A Pretty Wife

The advantages of a pretty wife
Are far out weighed by social strife,
Cablemen at my front door
Immigrants from distant shores,
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278.
If I Was French

If I was French
This would be
The day that Louis
Tried to flee
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279.
Eusthacia

Oh where is Eusthacia,
The raven-haired beauty
Flower of the desert,
My Hollywood cutie.
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280.
Time Won’t Stand Still

Time won’t stand still
Though we arrive at perfection,
We age and fall ill
And know desolation.
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