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LIKE SAPPHIRE GOBLETS

like sapphire goblets
you hold me
with two fingers and a thumb
to sip casually from
when thirst strikes your throat;
like sapphire goblets
your eyes shine
crystal  blue
sharp and blazing,
calm, yet restless,
slowly and easily taking in the world;
a world I am no part of.

THE TREES HAD FALLEN

when my mind awoke,
from its silent abyss of tears,
it found the trees had fallen
to autumn
and the sky had turned
to fall;
I awoke
from petty dreams
of real slumber
and true love
and sat there wrapped in quilts
alone
with nothing but the whisperings of God above.

WEALTH

wealth!
inexhaustible wealth!
all I clutch!
all I have moaned for!
and have, all along, possessed!
all in its robust opus!
all docked in plight's wharf,
all reputable funds I find;
wealth!
writhing and tugging upon
the reins of my unavailing gall!
my jaded spirit
and hands, idle slugs!
my anguish
premeditated and indulged upon
encasing miracle in misfortune and misery;
but wealth!
remarkable wealth!
soaring with the gales!
the zephyrs of my garrulous soul!
meandering amongst sagacity
to reel me into contentment!,
to land me
upon the vast pleasantry of tenacity!

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