Kurt Philip Behm Poems

To live as an artist,
but die as a man

Dust forever chasing
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Can prayer overcome
karma

Can wishes rise above
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The Emperor walks naked
past eyes fully cloned

To his subjects he panders
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The signpost a warning
a resting black swan

Its flight to perdition
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Carrying your heart
Inside my pocket
I traveled the world
Searching for love
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That first book
That last book
That next book
That other book
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Fortune Untold

Beyond the critics reach
beyond the assassin's grasp
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Words apprehend
a willing prisoner
—verse to fly between the bars
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Be it Melville or Tolstoy
or a Pen still to burn

Know the words are just borrowed
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Academic eyes
Bullying lies
Feelings held hostage
Locked unopposed
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