E.J. Langley

Hearts are broken everyday

and I console myself in this
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What would a scream look like on paper?

If I could write a scream I'd have something!
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Who ignored the sunshine
down to the very last day flower
in motor cars
with gasoline
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Mozart plays pool on the far table by the window

Still mourning the death of his father
his great mass is pounding in his head
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The feeling at the heart of things
is the infinite reality of poetry

It reasons the perspectives are boundless
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The saddest room in Havana is the smoking lounge in the Varadero Airport

I haven't the energy even for distraction
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A softer hand there couldn't be
A kinder face I've never seen

Don't get too close for I am old
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I am the lone soldier of the revolution

I read to stay sharp
I write to stay sharp
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As we age
Our feet more firmly on the ground
We're disinclined to be swept off them
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Wanted:
Kind, Loving, Generous Male
Must be Open-Minded
The type of person who values personality over looks
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He's got on my same favorite t-shirt

He thinks it's cooler than I do
Probably in his 'good' t-shirt pile
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And as I watched
it shed a solitary tear of pure blood
and I knew
I was seeing it's very soul
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Her eyes were pale green and introspective
as was her face

She watched the door casually
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The sirens sing to each other in the street
from asphalt to ambush
they echo the cry of the fallen soldier
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I am just a soul
standing among other souls

Trapped in the baggage of birth
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The sweet glow of sweat on a warm full breast

A thin cotton dress hugs so perfectly her nimble form
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'You just don't love me enough! ' she says (for years now it seems)

and walks away
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