L C Vieira Poems

I was reading Leonard again,
sun sneaking through the maples,
the rascal sage exposing
my dirt and dust
...

Late on these summer nights,
I ask you
to tell me again
of your youthful stealth
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Horoscope
Tarot card
Palm reader
Psychic
...

Where is that Secret Place
that I may rest
beneath the Shadow's
wing and breast?
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We are
what we feed
of our desires
and once
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Rainbow child
just because
you like
all the colors
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There may not be tomorrow.
I should offend you on this day,
instead, I dread, offend forever.
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...and now your snore
rocks me again
to turn and rise for
one more word,
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For how many months have you
fought the squirrel -
the clever one,
the one that does not quit,
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How often have I skipped past
a bleeding heart,
full of light
in some small corner
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