Sonny Rainshine Poems

My life magnifies all life.
All the shortcomings,
all the victories, all the vices,
all the vanities of this one man
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The room stood exposed
in the afternoon sun,
all that was left of its furnishings
were imprints on the floor
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A cold November drizzle
had dampened the pages
of the phone directory
as it dangled from a wire,
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Shuddering branches
thrusting sharp toward the sky.
Twigs twitching in wind.
Limbs lengthen as sap rises.
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An Amazonian rainforest.
Sounds of chainsaws
and the grunts of bulldozers.
Mingled with the shrieks
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The wedding bouquet,
gardenias and baby’s breath,
swirl in the eddy
as though looking for
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The mind has many chambers,
nothing is lost,
everything that happens to us
resides there.
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Who rules?
Kings, emperors, presidents,
prime ministers?
aghas, shahs,
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He pointed to the jade horizon
shadowy in the morning mist
and said, “See the hills,
the Kentucky hills, the heartbreaking hills?
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A sinewy copperhead
contracted like a bedspring
has hypnotised a fledgling
on the riverbank.
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