Monthly Archives: October 2021

Come the reaper

Entangled in a spider’s web Frozen by layers of lies We watch the fire sale Aghast that the wisdom of age Allowing it to happen and progress No repercussion No real discussion No statesmen in power Just the reapers; reaping … Continue reading

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Fire! Fire!

He was scarred as a lobster seeing steam come from water He opened every window wide Hearing the rustling trees double-park across the gate Working steady, a work of hate A dying spark in the little campfire set fire around … Continue reading

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Pittencrieff

where are you now in lists of old in places gone and often told all around of little change the Tower Burn runs on and on now through the park that changed the world in Pittsburgh back now in peoples’ … Continue reading

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The Signalman

The trains they’ve come and gone. They travel here and there, no more. The journey’s end has quickly come from scenes that slowly went before. The stations passed of births and deaths and of other times remembered, seem distant now, … Continue reading

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