by David Meltzer
by David Meltzer
Ah, ego
wants everything
all the time
& spaces
silence or blank
page lays splayed
apart for whatever words
pass as art’s moment
despite words’ deep
inability to work
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from: A Slew of Blues
blind blues
open eyes to unsee
reach sound but
nobody’s around
except who’s inside
& that’s not me
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blues dues
punch my timecard
eternity won’t quit
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perfume of where you were
before you shut the door
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wine or whiskey
gin or cognac
can’t empty empty
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go nowhere
yet give directions
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slip & slide right out the picture
new old empty scrapbook
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marry & bury blues
& watch the sun rise
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griot to earth’s end
heaven’s edge
hassle w/ spirits
defy death
back down &
she’s gone
doesn’t even leave a goodbye note
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woke up this evening
on the floor
the door still open
not even the mutt
sleeps w/ me anymore
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nobody knows
nobody cares
you’re on your own
so die already
that’s the way things work
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uptown or downtown
lowdown is my town
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move over Sinatra
your crooned moon
not my shotgun smashed loon
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2 world wars
infinite doors
closed or smashed to bits
who knows boundary
w/out passport or visa
an old world terror
new worldly via zip
strip through ATM slot
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