Author: Richard J Tilley
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No Surprises for the Valiant
“no more wars in the terebinths” I calmly and politely portend a stream of my anxiety issues forward like a gospel of cheating spies, spies that cannot be honest and...
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Silence and the Speaker
God stopped talking to me I hear no more corrections No support, no clarifications, No crystallizations in my mind Of the things that God intended, Not even in my dreams...
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Stolen for the Afternoon
Remove that tilt from the earth Sleep until Thursday Under a bed of ash-riddled roses Smoke like the fire’s just come home After a long weekend, with land and subterfuge...
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Poisonous Oyster Shrubs
In the still, silent speaker’s wind gasket Lies the faint resemblance of a crowing noon So soft to the touch, razor blades for wings, And she lies for adornments and...
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The Tyranny of Breakfast
Just a moment longer until we taste the foil Swimming in our balcony, no asteroid forgettings No hard sleep Just a moment longer After the triumph of regret becomes stainless...
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With Leaves Upturned
These are the groaning days I see no beauty in the forest No husbandry or a hand mill of our senses There is no lurking laughter No strokes of luck...
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Visitors on a Monday Night, Vacant and Sternly Warning
There was never an orchard in those days I did not hold a towel Over our bodies We did not rinse in sands of equations Or tailor our amusement to...
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Potatoes at Rest
Gold plated potatoes, leaning against the grass Preparing for the auction, so adroit And derelict, pursuing a broken cloth Like a planet where the rain never stops I was missing...
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Payday Thoughtlessness in Soot and Pearls
There are stems within the pearls around her neck They grow and keep an ecosystem of standards alive Growing and multiplying over the years like a harsh embankment Of stones...
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Vacations for Orphaned Dock Workers
We are each forced to write a song For those above, below, and beside us We tamper with the walking line So as not to disturb the dichotomy Of stolen...