Patti Masterman Poems

And so all of her words began to go inside again,
A few at a time; slow flowing, as a half frozen stream moves
Only because it has become partially thawed,
And all the things which had happened began to reverse;
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Your ticket stub is only a memento
Until the alien begins to speak, through you;
And their talk is pure telepathy-
Because their brains all have encephaly.
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And say Amen-
Whatever your faults are calling,
Wherever the roll of the dice may wend;
No matter the vice of the days long toiling-
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And what if love were another word
And hate did not exist,
Would we still be obsessed the same
If the world were built, like this?
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In a secret far-away room, a woman spins the world
Above the stars and galaxies, off in another realm,
She spins the matter and the space,
She spins unraveled time,
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Blown-head doll,
Gasketed cradle,
Sight of the curious,
Plague of the poor;
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When a person talks hatefully about someone,
It's like giving them a present,
Shouting it from the rooftops:
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The darkness that has entangled your life-
By accident, by marriage, by unluckiness-
Don't repeat it, so that its poisons may seep
All your days, into other affairs, and other minds;
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Unfathomable being,
With love as its signature,
Its eye all-seeing,
To every small life, insure
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