Author: Richard J Tilley
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Conclusion for a Tapestry
Burning in town hall Witness for a single match
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Sea of Clouds
Translated as an overthrow Truth is a delicate ticker-tape parade What will you see in the sea of clouds It is spreading, and growing, unto all involved Every so-called progressive...
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In the County Villages of 1960s Seismology
In the county villages You were so young You were shaken off the tree I saw you, You did not fall The tree flung you to the ground You did...
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Elders and Fruit Flies
Eager to dismiss The journey of paper journals Written in dry sand towels With the gratitude of sold-out entry(ways) And telegraphed byways For the fruit of yesterday’s orchards Whether they...
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Noise in the Shuffle of Stalwart Hallways
“It’s Only Going To Get Louder,” they say. I believe them.
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Volunteers of East Redbrook
There was a knock on the door An owl with a purse and a box of matches Said he had come to take me away The neighbor who always rudely...
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The Sacrilege of Sacrifice
State sanctioned gangs Fighting unsanctioned gangs In El Salvador The law exists To protect those in power More than it exists To protect the powerless Exist is an atypical word...
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Encampment
A key labor of freedom It to transition from a civilization Of self-actualization To an encampment of other-actualization When the externality Of the bare minimum is dominant It means that...
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Preamble
I need no preamble to suffocate This line This matter of exposure across the defense Of sorry stolen quarters Where we live there is a presence A 40-year-old lie that...
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A tomato is also a love apple (Part II)
[You may first need to read: “A tomato is also a love apple“] I am revisiting the love apple That my rabbi shared with me I did not tell her...