Stan Petrovich Poems

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51.
On The Death Of Albert Camus

At 200mph
in the deserts of Algeria
he and is companion fully grasped the true meaning of 'absurd.'
They plowed headlong into a tree and were both killed
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52.
For One

Would good graces allow
My stiff head to bend, and
Windward, though blowing less hard,
Among the crags and sharpened stones,
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53.
Radio Waves

In SETI
Radio waves are the beacon
Of hope. This is
Anthropocentrism. Because
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54.
Dead Of The Day

The palo verde bugs screeching
In some unseen green tree
Near a dry wash
The heat simmers the air at 112 degrees
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55.
In The Lonely Apartment Den

Whether the clock's striking three
Or nothing at all,
Life begins and ends here
The universal atoll.
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56.
The Future Affects The Past

The universe has no single history. Light from some quasar
At a distance unholy
Can now be interrupted,
Thus making its origin different,
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57.
In The Midst Of The Sands

Take all the heartbreak the world can dole
And ball it around the foam at the shore, our shore.
I toe into it, my thought seized by the rain in my face
Comingled with the tears;
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58.
Sylvan Scene

Crunching through snow,
High Arizona plateau;
Mt. Humphreys as backdrop,
Aspen forest,
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59.
A Ghostly Seasound

The Peal of a Distant Foghorn:
I think it is real
Or it the wind blowing into my ear
In some anatomically weird way:
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60.
Horses Of The Sea

they come and frolic
these horses of the sea
they are stiff and melancholic
as are you and me;
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