Remember:
“just because
a place is
always dark
doesn’t mean
it is empty”
With kudos to Stephen King & "The Dark Tower"
the home of sherku and other verse I write
Remember:
“just because
a place is
always dark
doesn’t mean
it is empty”
With kudos to Stephen King & "The Dark Tower"
It was full of money—that was theinexhaustiblecharm that rose and fell
And their faceswere touchingexcept for apale thin ray ofmoonlight between
suck on the papof life and gulp downthe incomparablemilk of wonder
Promisethat the rockof the worldwas foundedsecurelyon a fairy’s wing
a meaningin each wordthat it had neverhad before andwould never have
Gatsby sawthat the blocksof the sidewalkreally formeda ladderAnd mounted
I
The mulch was freshly laid a couple of weeks ago, young trees are
already sprouting, though life will be short lived as they are out of place
Nips and discarded cans litter the road, discarded by those who wanted
to spend some time, or more time avoiding, or trying to find a happy place
Middle schoolers get to choose one of 6 books to read this summer,
to meet in the middle come September, and not feel out of place
Pickups pulling trailers crammed with lawn equipment, mowers & blowers,
They’re going to trim the growth and create the look of everything in its place
Raised garden beds, nurturing vegetables, and greens within their wooden
walls, carefully tended, the growth cultivated to not feel out of place
Pickleball courts are busy, follow the sounds of the racket, you’ll be able
to understand about where the ball will land within its place
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“Ya know what I mean” potentially leaves the conversation just hanging
there, until the other agrees, or clarifies, what might be out of place
Does level service mean that what we were getting will continue,
or that paying for it, is something that for the majority, is out of place
Black shirt, black pants; subtle indication that my body is in morning,
that the imagined world might not be able to hold us in its place
The demand for housing is growing, faster than the green that can
be controlled, we need to face the reality that folks need to have a place
Two sided conversations rally around the topic, and many times insults fly back
and forth, oh, please stop; we need to find a common place
Together we can do much more than any one alone, together we can create
a world where our neighbors won't feel out of place
So Sherlock, how do we get neighbors from all sides to come
together, to develop a solution that works for us in this, our place
drowsinessclosed down uponsome vivid scenewith an obliviousembrace
a satisfactoryhint of theunrealityof reality
he had beenvery slowlybending toward herto attainthis proximity
And happy;I think Iwalked intoa deep sleepas I enteredmy front door
But Daisyglanced up andheld out her hand;Gatsby didn’tknow me now at all.
If you want tokiss me any timeduring theeveningjust let me know
Reach me a rose
honey, and pour me
a last drop
into that there
crystal glass
the first time
in its first wild
promise of
all the mystery
and the beauty
A universe
of ineffable
gaudiness
spun itself
out in his brain
Part 1 of this series can be found ->
A baby actin costume,champagne servedin glassesbigger thanfinger-bowls
One of thoserare smiles,the whole worldfor an instant,at that pointit vanished
Slow-thinkingand full ofinteriorrules, that actas brakes onmy desires
I
The funny thing about hate is who you hate doesn't
feel it, when you finally realize that, what's next
What do you do with that wasted hate, it is
wasted on them, but consuming you, so what's next
She looked at me as if I had two heads, one of which
she knew, the other had no place in her world, what's next
The story told that won the day will likely play
out in ways perhaps that they didn't want, so what's next
Instead of using the gas powered blower, just rake the
leaves into a corner, where the wind will take over, what's next
We were about to change bedside places, watching
over Dad, when he stopped breathing, so what's next
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Such beauty in these past prime black-eyed Susans,
they are very ready to give all for what's next
The joy of running carried me many years, I am forced
to walk now, I find joy in slowly moving to what's next
The sounds of life can jar us from what we are busy about,
a wailing siren breaks through, pausing us, from what's next
A touch can be so subtle, intimate, stirring, life giving;
moving through time without touch avoids what's next
Busy beavers chewed a double tree bringing it down
near the glistening shoreline where it rests for what's next
A better story needs to get developed to win
back the day before there is nothing left for what's next
So Sherlock, are you working on the story that will touch
those who need to take action to prepare for what's next
"The funny thing about hate" comes from a line by In-Q, in his poem "Father Time"