Jonathan ROBIN Poems

Polyglot gluttons following propaganda
disregarded dodo, ignore panda,
polymorphs nest while humans pander
to plastic cards swallowing goose and gander.
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Inertia catalyzes swift reaction
testing limits unbeknownst before,
experienced elsewhere, though, we ignore
discomforts which might hamper freedom, action.
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Blessed externals force the mind to turn
within to test perception shared by all
who, sight curtailed, or lost beyond recall,
must grasp at straws, effect and cause discern,
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Comparisons with hindsight simple seem
when fateful footfall flays ‘unkindest cut’
to sever fancy, fact, where yawns redeem
no nightmare fears when eyelid cannot shut.
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Sore cornea, slack lip, mind grind uncheered
are juxtaposed within this swift spun sonnet
as optic nerve’s observed when crookèd, sheared,
recuperation’s odds: few bet upon it.
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Through metaphors one strikes symphonic chords,
sonnet metamorphosis complete,
one mirror image more before towards
tossed sleep’s return’s embossed on crinkled sheet.
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On palsy's cause no recitation
consensual has been agreed,
in any case fear, greed, elation,
soon sink however great the need
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Eyes recollect facts, won't forget,
store, integrate, restore on cue,
respond beyond horizons flecked
with amber, honey, turquoise, blue,
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We wanted nice Rice
but she came with a whip,
a sad, inexcusable
C.I.A. slip.
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I sit beside cool spring with wish I sported silver tail,
so up life’s stream trend trail could swish, sunlight on each bright scale,
till by some bay wise school of fish might sight trap trawler’s trail,
which, followed, must tense anguish net: woe to temptation’s sail!
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