elysabeth faslund Poems

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71.
The Wonderful Sea

Said merry ole Jane
With a blade through
Her heart, 'Ya seafarin'
Days are over! '
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72.
................................Caligula

Caligula, like Nero, was not born neurotic (by today's standards) . They progressed to that stage through power, and money....
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Ah Caligula, with puff pouty lips, I hear your trumpet call
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73.
Star Journeys: Accelerando

And if, in our onward Journey...
Universes of thought, decision
Leave us behind...
They will be heeded by those
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74.
Origin Of The Flame...3*

'Kyrie Elieson' chanted winds to water...
Strangled muffled-silent bedrock
When, manacled and shackled, it screeched,
'I will become...
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75.
All The Men: Please Don'T Ignore Your Woman

The man wants his way...
The man works on his sailboat...
The man works on his cars...
The man makes all decisions...
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Car stops...walk home in the rain.
Toaster stops...buy a new one.
Bicycle stops...thread the chain.
Boat stops...swim in the sun.
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77.
Cheerio Dreams*

When a child's eyes open
At night, looks around the bed...
Teddy bear winking back with
Black, button eyes...rattles,
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78.
Joshua*

In the years of black tap dancers and cotton bales,
Massah Jim had a boy...raised him from cypress knee
Height in the ways of the Earth,
Plantings, harvestings.
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79.
Homeless Old Woman...Mumbling*

Where is she tonight?
The lady I saw just yesterday.
Pushing her shopping cart
Full of large, black bags.
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80.
What Memories, Lazarus?

From the Light
To the fire...
From the fire
To the Light...
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