Lonnie Hicks Poems

If I fly
then I am off the ground.

If I am off the ground
...

'It's all a road we build'
he said
'you lay down the concrete
or tar for the asphalt;
...

You can break my heart
but it is a heart
only you can fix.
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Generational change
wins always
because the old and middle-aged
develop a clouded lens
...

My craving lands like a pirate horde
grappling onto my fleeing ship
swinging on ropes
til they board
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In my photo album
languish years

compressed and angled
...

The Poets all march to the edge-
some perching
at the abyss of Screaming Desire;
Hearts exploding
...

'I can fashion with my hands, ' he said
an empty space
with which I can then shape
a shape
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She took her Heart and placed it in a bottle
because it was reserved for only him.
She took her Soul and placed upon it a sign
that said 'occupado.'
...

These lights gather round
fluttering-
one brighter than the other-
but the latter glows yellow with joy;
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