2024, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

one more self-actualization test run

this; a composite collection
sub-atomized particulates
coffee grounds, tobacco ash
diesel, grease
a transubstantiation of water
go / breathe
go / breathe
go / [ ]





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2023, Days, Ohio River Valley Literature, poetry, river life, the no-scape, Working Class Literature

Day 130, 2023

We are all casting lines into dirty water,
searching for a velvet fish of a kind forgotten by our grandfathers.

The morning coffee satisfies the needs of soul, for now. Cast, aye, and left
a pebble in the channel bound by the low and high water.

Speak another story with a hero made of fire.

Learning the great gob heart is not easy.
Memory is a steam driven space shuttle.

Here on the wharf watch for planets, for signs for the rain to bring news
of the latest universes that have been birthed.

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