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Procedure
1-21-18

Taking up the stories of another prodigal
As lights go down
And on Wednesday I go to town
Where the second commandment can no longer be ignored
Baked not with leaven
As the sun comes shining through
Come law and procedure as commanded in Mount Sinai
For new dreams of Plastic Fantastic
Price paid drastic
Boiling the flesh at the door
Sweet deal and bitter shekels
Give us the news in Mishael
Until the day of consecration
Of your soul's due....





Slave Of The Wheel
1-21-18

Come slave of the wheel
It is an earthly saying that time will heal
Crying protest and transition into daylight
Of aching stoup
She made her list on the dark side
Of emergency in Eleazar and Ithamar
Joy oft real and putative our painful case
As Gabriel envies him in time with Roman reason
Ready to rock and roll
God, please make it work today
As scouring every busy street corded
And God made man in His own image
Surefooted camel clean....





Glasheen
1-21-18

Seeming to swoon away
Opening up shop crying protect in Time's comedy
Disinherited and empty of ages
Not just another book in the grand scheme
O, sweet dream
Coney unclean
Taking up again Jules Verne
In that I have much to learn
For the love of sea and travel I hope for
In approaching seasons
Down all caverns and grottoes
Twenty-five and six
For our two sticks
Lending money to ourselves
In Glasheen to discover the echo
I pray ye
Make it work!