Stan Petrovich Poems

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121.
World Is Cold

You are groping for the wind,
Child, and I regret you'll never
Catch it.
I hate regrets,
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122.
The Mystery

Where is he come from,
Why is he doomed?
The Genome is only the punch-card
Computer of a generationor more ago,
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123.
Monster In The Bath

Well, it happens once every year:
There is a monster lurking somewhere near;
This time it has been locked in the bath,
Scratching & screaming to get out;
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124.
Married To The Wind

I was married to the wind
Until she flew off with colorful clouds
To the East. She went in amber
And fingered your hair at sunset
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125.
The Body Vacant

All those eyes upon me:
Now liver, now heart, now nerves.
The chemical balances are tenuous;
I have suffered hyponatremia and hypokalemia,
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126.
Hole-In-The-Wall

It's Papago Park, man,1974,
Independence Day, and a throng went climbing
The redrock pockmarked bubbles between
Two litup cities. The sky, as well,
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127.
Spires

There was a man, an angry man,
Who after many misadventures and close shaves,
Drove his horse around the manzanita stands
Until, suddenly, he found himself
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128.
Another Fine Day

Wakened by a nightmare, a recurring nightmare
With mice biting on my toes,
With bats invading and hanging like sucklings on my throat,
I drank orange juice and wrung my hands
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129.
Everlasting Desire

Take this bejeweled cup of poison
And quickly drink it;
Otherwise I might kiss you, dear.
And THAT is poison
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130.
The Simple Pleasures

The supple pleasures of taking you into
My arms, and squeezing the breath from you nostrils;
Like a tornado of health, you carry me away.
We had frolicked in the seashore, the foam to our knees;
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