Steve Wheeler Poems

Have you seen the moon?
Have you really looked?
A harsh mistress or a dainty maid
A balloon deflated and then remade
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I want to hold you
You want to hold me
but we're separated
by a sea of pain
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I write about fracture
I write about bruises
Regrettable accidents
Nobody chooses
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Before they got
Their hands on me
I was unconditioned,
Roaming free
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When I met Annette
We went out for a bet
We were like puppets
On a movie set
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Joe says one thing but means another
He's the master of the double entendre
They pop up everywhere, and I
Can't stop them coming, though I try
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The foul mouthed obscenities that issue from his lips
send shivers down the spine and a convulsion to the hips
Like clockwork from his lips another execration drips
just when you think he's finished, yet another oath he'll trip
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I wanna go where the mad things are
I wanna drive in a big fast car
I wanna party with the movie stars
but it all comes back to bite you in the end
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Catch the current as the waters flow
the flood gates open as the levels grow
it's just the start for all we know
and the river rises
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A man once tried to emulate the tale
contained in the epic poem of Kālidāsa.
He asked a passing cloud if it would convey
a message to his lover many miles away.
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