Patti Masterman Poems

Some save words like
Women save romantic letters;
Even if she never married him,
It can't get better.
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The wind calls no one by their name-
But howls and howls, before it wane.
Awakens at the dark of moon,
Circling mountains in the gloom,
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Some friends only come for a little while,
So you barely get to know them;
Others stay, and you'll wear a smile,
While upon you they are growing.
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All things appear to be visible down here
My present, my love, my life-
The embodiment of self in perpetual motion.
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Your word, my assertion
Breathes of resplendent beatitudes.
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Electricity has nervous fingers
That tickle, with a tiny purr-
Though razor sharp, when nearer comes-
To gore you, like a raging bull.
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Curse you earth and your sleepy waters too,
Your clouds that never move,
People in a long sleep;
Rutters in their groove.
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There's a street corner, where the little ants march
Down to the donut shop, under the arch;
And there's a patio, where dreamy diners chew,
And drink from crystal glasses, as dreamy diners do.
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Decidedly blase, as the hours tumble past
If divinatory; as the strains of old fugues
That once roused us to incoherent victories.
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We had snowflake symphonies,
And foreplay arguments-
So long as we both shall live;
So long as we both shall live.
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