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Ken W. Simpson
AUSTRALIA
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An Australian poet whose latest collection, Patterns of
Perception, was published by Augur Press last January,
He lives with his family at Lysterfield, a Melbourne
suburb, in the state of Victoria.
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Dealing
with Demons
Thoughts escape
as silent echoes
of wistful yearnings
that ebb and flow
with the slide of the sea
pause
then slip back again
fretful and forgetful.
Waves grow with the wind
currents change
and passions incandescence
begins to fade
a fragile love
that failed to last
and passed
with the coolness of a kiss.
The glitter of strobe
mouths open and close
gaily greeting
with ingratiating grins
platitudes and cocaine cocktails
parodies of pleasantries
and unkind eyes
that perceive and scrutinize.
Eyes
fleetingly meet
a melody surges, swells
then changes
to a syncopated beat
as the future flees
slyly wondering
into the whimsy of the night.
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