RoseAnn V. Shawiak Poems

Beating to rhythms of heart-felt intensity, forging new
pathways as I feel them open up in front of imagination.

Taking me on journeys of destiny and fate, providing me
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Lights blinking, sparkling, enticing eyes and minds of
people, urging them to sit a spell and pour hard-earned
money into their particular slot machines.
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Silence in a noisy casino doesn't happen -
there is no peace - only hopeful excitement -
full of expectancy.
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Bright sunlit desert mountains roaming the land
in regal fashion.

Clouds overhead, some low enough to cast their
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Taking life by storm, realizing dreams were broken
through the years, finding towards the end they really
didn't matter that much - didn't affect me untowardly.
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Entertaining vehemently, trying to awaken people
who've just eaten their dinner and are getting
sleepy.
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Sitting in a Cliff Castle
Casino bar up in the Verde Valley.
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Corners hidden from view, watching for opportune
times to appear.

Dragging their secrets out, screaming and yelling,
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Catering to essentials of life's needs, signaling synapses,
telling them to connect and appear in visions of spectacular
beauty.
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Comprehending existential expressions of philosophy
as they were written centuries ago and placed in
books.
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