simple wants

What can you SING to touch the heart

of one you love, a VERSE THAT PROVES

THE TRUTH you know of fragile parts

that lay in soul and quiver, move

a future lover’s line of sight

adjust the angle, focus, FRAME

allow him see in pitch of night

was you, and ALWAYS YOU, your name

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is NOT a thing remembered well

by those you wish AROUSE and STIR

might never feel the tender spell

YOU CAST as more than dazzle, blur

for no good words can reach within

a someone wearing CHAIN and MESH

their ARMOURED SHELL and actor’s grin

protect a core, unwilling flesh

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What can you WRITE to get a job

the words AFFIRMING YOUR BELIEF

that what it takes is YOURS in gobs

this résumé of brains and beef

them UNAWARE the cards you hold

all hype and bluster wholly true

in cover letter plain and bold

how PERFECT work could be with you

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is NOT a thing remembered well

by those you wish AROUSE and STIR

might never feel the tender spell

YOU CAST as more than dazzle, blur

for no good words can reach within

a someone wearing CHAIN and MESH

their ARMOURED SHELL and actor’s grin

protect a core, unwilling flesh

-

What can you PRAY to heal the pain

of those that suffer, ALL WHO GRIEVE

if God ignores the PSALMS and SLAIN

of nations under siege, I leave

appeals at feet, communion, grace

with one who speaks of RIGHTING WRONGS

UNHEARD OUR PLEAS, an empty space

between the pews, their hollow songs

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is NOT a thing remembered well

by those you wish AROUSE and STIR

might never feel the tender spell

YOU CAST as more than dazzle, blur

for no good words can reach within

a someone wearing CHAIN and MESH

their ARMOURED SHELL and actor’s grin

protect a core, unwilling flesh

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What can you SAY to parents cold

REJECTING CHILD, phrase to mend

the chasm wide, a BOOK TOO OLD

permit another view, a blending

LOVE is LOVE enfolded with

the fruit of womb, if what was bred

is GAY, pariah, evil myth

discarding son and daughter.. dead

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is NOT a thing remembered well

by those you wish AROUSE and STIR

might never feel the tender spell

YOU CAST as more than dazzle, blur

for no good words can reach within

a someone wearing CHAIN and MESH

their ARMOURED SHELL and actor’s grin

protect a core, unwilling flesh

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For what can be SHAPED by art and prose

to change the minds of others, BIND

and BANDAGE self is gift that shows

a worthiness by own design

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