Sidi Mahtrow Poems

Energetics

Energetic of a single electron
A family of electrons swarm
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An early settler to the area
Had a prostate problem
Probably an infection of a venereal disease
Mic as he was called, could't pee.
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Dreams are what you make them to be
Flighty things that may hover about or flee.
Some are just a filament of imagination
Others are built of mortar and stone by the ton
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Enter the half-dark gloom
Of Riddlesperger's store
And adjust your eyes.
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Went shopping at the Second Hand Store
Sign out front said, "Bargains and More"
How could I resist the urge to buy
The merchandise was there, something to try.
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The Peace River creeps along
From its start in the sand it calls home
That sometimes takes up more below
Than it adds to the flow.
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There he stands, waiting
Patience is the only thing he understands
For a reward will surely come his way
As the panhandler greets the day.
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Civilization has no merit.
If you doubt it
Visualize what you would do
If you missed more than two
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There it sits glaring back
As if on a mindless tack
Doing its own bidding
When it's moved to responding.
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The Argument

How the lawyer (student) ,
not accompanied by Don Quixote,
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