Joshua Bantum Poems

Where is the woman
That I’m taking out to dinner
Tonight
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Places I’ve slept:

Mattresses; Callie-Kings, Just kings, queens, twins, doubles, fold out, drop-out,
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Painting gives us action,

Music,
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The chill felt upon dawn after a fire has gone out,
is like no other chill,
your body is a stone of heat,
and as the ash from bonfires gather
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It’s not that you can’t capture Love
Tie it up and throw it in a box
So you can visit it when wanted,
You can if you want,
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Perpetual Motion, Ouroboros, yin and yang, this is what’s birthed
when things that won’t be moved
combine with things that cannot be stopped.
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They ware down,
the drivers,
the people,
were all tired,
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Let every kiss
be the last every time
its the only way you'll be grateful
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I can’t see your face
Behind those tulips….

Well now,
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I haven’t written
One beautiful thing
For days,
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