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“Speak In Tongues”

Blogging and Bloggers

from James Writes

James Writes

I ain’t ever speak in tongues, but I know the Holy Spirit’s out there.

I ain’t ever seen the light, but I’m sure there’s a place up there I’m not allowed into.

I ain’t ever see eye-to-eye with God, but I’m pretty sure He’s laughing at my naivety.

I ain’t ever seen the Devil, but I’m sure he’s constantly seeing me.

I ain’t ever seen fire and brimstone, but I’m sure it’ll be the first thing I see when my eyes finally don’t open.

I ain’t ever really gotten along with my family, but I know they’re here for me.

I ain’t ever been loved, but I’m sure people will claim they love me.

I ain’t ever really feel comfortable around friends, but I’ll keep pretending like I do.

I ain’t ever really give a fuck about myself, but I’m sure I’ll learn how to.

I ain’t ever miss that…

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He Said, He Said

LGBTQ, Poetry, Public Readings

He called as he usually did, his voice sexy and deep, not hysterical, which
he can sometimes get when something’s on his mind, something I have to
ferret out, burying my muzzle in the shit of his psyche.

He said we couldn’t have dinner, that he was broke and, ‘some people have
to work,’ implying something about my life.

He said that I was fine, but, ‘a little too much’ and wondered if I wouldn’t
be happier with someone ‘more complex, more my ‘speed.’

And I said no! No! Simplicity is my goal, what can I be?  What would you
like me to be?

“Nothing.” he said, and hung up.

(c) Rob Goldstein 1986-2017 All Rights Reserved

He Said, He Said

Excerpt from a poetry reading with Harold Norse, 1986.

 

Ebbing with lessening

Poetry

from the Feathered Sleep

TheFeatheredSleep

There are rumors

Spiked by moonshine

Privilege or disgrace

Oppression spells her full name

For the Zweig suicide guest book

A librato place

No-one can follow

Without revealing their intention

Take comfort

From people who do not care

They lacquer their unteathering

In pretty boxes with false bases

As Houdini shone the key beneath the deep

So they perfect stillness in powdered sugar

Salvaging nothing of the wreck

As salt stained and barnacled

Driftwood is recovered by shore

Ebbing with lessening

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Caravaggio Dreams

Blogging and Bloggers, Poetry

from Poet Rummager

Poet Rummager

LC-Caravaggio_Ursula Caravaggio’s last painting – The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula 1610


Ah, Caravaggio, you come to me in a dream.

We both hold on to the darkness –
painting canvases seeped in sanguine.

Red is the color of my cheeks
as I blush when our finger tips brush.

Do you not see what I’ve buried deep,
has dug itself out to find me?

Feel how my fears quake
as the waking sun’s rays illuminate.

It’s light that blinds,
yet all the while pretends to mend.

I clutch fast to the shadows
and nod in acquiescence.

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*Michelangelo Amerighi da Caravaggio is considered to be the greatest Italian painter of the Seventeenth Century. Arrogant, hot-headed, and extremely talented, he would cause turbulence wherever he would go. It is said that his last painting, The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, was painted while Caravaggio bled from a deep wound to his face. A vengeful…

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