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The Reason I Dance

A Poem by Perdition

I think hard toward this morning To a child bleeding in prayer It all seems a frightful clarity Horrid ..

Before She Leaves

A Poem by Perdition

As a beacon it enteredTwirling a light summer’s jokeA fleshy corruptionIn the blinding..

"A Brief Elucidation"

A Poem by Perdition

I have come to undulate realmsPluck stars from their visceral wallsEating great white seeds of pomegranateThe letter I sent you explains it allAnd sti..

All Apologies

A Poem by Perdition

Prison of doors Like vice grips Eternal Where the sun Once ample and giving Now magnifies all means of s..

Apples, Oranges and the Mystery of Orangutans

A Poem by Perdition

So I want to grow oranges Maybe applesBlood red Somewhere up in New England Wake up …on the brittle stone edge Mt Washington&rsquo..

Accent of the Joke

A Poem by Perdition

In the quiet adaptation Where rush and stone collide A river droplet scratched Sings No and charity To th..

A Radiant Dissent

A Poem by Perdition

Not of tileNor runeNot in ease made prayerQuantum isolationNot in colorsNeither worn nor strappedOr cleverBaskets filled in musky hu..

A Nightly Wish

A Poem by Perdition

Come,Walk with me gentlyThrough that tempered nightWhere softened lightBestows itselfBeyond gas-lit avenueCome..

The last of things you'll never read

A Poem by Perdition

She pleads to shelter mePut me inside her glassy sleeveBe my blushingwarm scarred voyeurPaint me wellagainA sin starvedcanvasMaking love..

Stones

A Poem by Perdition

Did you find it?Steal tranquilityFrom every stoneEvery screamWas there a momentIn transitionA rich spark of clarityPerhaps you sat painless on a moder..