Bittersweet and Brambles

Bittersweet and brambles:

scrambled, tangled -

preferable to pass by

this hedge mess

to look for something

more beautiful

but

look . . .



how the bittersweet

smooth and sinuous

gently coils

round the brambles

and rests between

their shard sharp

thorns



so stands through winter snows

avoids the trampling feet

of hungry deer

preferring to pass by

tangled and scrambled

bittersweet and brambles.

Interrupted

Last year's verses

didn't make it past the previews

seven lines

split awkwardly between

two verses

neither mad enough for March



interrupted

by

station identification

a message from our sponsors

this is a test of the national emergency system if this was a real test you are probably not listening anymore anyone anyhow

all of the above very LOUD



not good for the inwardly driven

veering off the road of verse

uncontrollably

confronted

by life

stumbling

into the brambles

of

words

thoughts

tangled

twisted

verses

interrupted



get up

dust off

try again

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not archived

innumerable

virtual pages

created

abandoned

left to drift

as

pix

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like those

satellites

circling earth

till they crumble

into meaningless

bits

bytes

forgotten

by the

decided-to-go-live-real-lives

with no time left

to

s

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v

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