Laurence Overmire Poems

Another thousand years has come and gone
And I am here to see the new phase of the moon
And wondering where we are
And why
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Constantine
Fearing
His absolute power threatened
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In order to eat
To keep my kids in clothing
I sell garbage on TV
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In the fallow time
The leach of impurity from the soul’s
Dark soil
A harrow to the haunting
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is an individual journey
to be sure

but you will take with you
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Her appeal is universal
Something mysterious, enigmatic

Like the universe itself
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A group of thirty, nine and ten-year-old eager lads
Filed out of the peeling pearly white bus
Muscle-bound counselors herding them into line
Distributing the equipment for the day's recreational outing.
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Tomorrow
With all its once unbounded prospects
Suddenly
Looks
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God creates poets
To speak for him
In the divine tongue
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Pain and Happiness, Suffering and Joy

They walk together, arm in arm
Inseparable companions, lovingly engaged
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