Kurt Philip Behm Poems

The many intersections of life
obscured in complexity
Go left or go right
to stay or move on
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Hearing vibrations
passivity strains
Learning to listen
hearkening reigns
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Owning
the memories
of the years
without me
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A legacy for a father
waiting uninspired
Painted by the numbers
paternity required
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Before there was light
before there was sound
Gravity wandered
the universe round
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Knowing they were
discreditable
He refused to examine
the motives
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A finer point
this very instant
all stars align
— the word
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When battling
time
the moment
retreats
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Like a hailstorm you came uninvited
and blew the Lakota
off sacred land
Religion, cheap liquor
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Where fire's rage
no flame unfanned
The cinch retightened
no also ran
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