Wraiths unseen creep in blight neath bed of night;
I belong to them, I am their birthright;
I long for them, sick in soul, and in their sight
Sit in shame like worthless baggage claim;
I am a merely pathetic acolyte
To perform unholy rite of morbid plight,
To cover the altar with a red baize,
To light poison incense in pretense of praise,
To robe a lump of clay of hard black glaze,
To spread bad bread to supplicants in puzzlement
As pyres are lit in fires for sullied, sordid men
Screaming with no more dreaming of redemption!
by JONATHAN NOBLE & TETIANA ALEKSINA
© All rights reserved 2016
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So neat to see Jonathan and Tati working on a poem together! Two super talented people. ❤
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Yes, it was only a matter of time really. Very glad it happened! 😀
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Oh… thank you so much, Kristina! ❤
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This is beautiful!
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So well written, don’t you think? 🙂
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It is!
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Bravo! and now for something completely different, I think my love life could use a guest post. 🙂
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Ooh! Are you proposing a duet with Tati? Now that could be interesting… 😀
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Why is the song “Like A Virgin” running – endlessly – through my mind?
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I don’t know, but it suddenly dawned on me that you could’ve been referring to a potential collaboration with Jonathan instead! These silly assumptions I make… 😛
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I thought we were talking about a general agreement on tarriffs and trades – oh, how the mind works.
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Oh! Yeah, that’s it. Tariffs and such. Yeah. Ahem. Totes! 😛
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Ahem… ahem… guys, what are you talking about? 😯
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Erm… politics. Yes, that’s it! Politics! Ahem. Cough cough…
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OK, then, well I am Canadian so maybe what we are really talking about is medicinal marijuna, also known as MJ not bo be confused with Mary J Blige who is not Madonna and now the circle (daisy chain?) is complete.
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And I actually was able to follow that train of thought too… I wonder if this means I’m on drugs… 😛
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I object..oh wait, I changed my mind to being “open-minded” and my virginal status to “born again” or actually all of the above: “open-minded” “born again”. Thanks guys and gals, I am having a lot of fun here with y’all. Sending peace and brotherly and sisterly and transgenderly love. I am now about to start channeling Lily Tomlin from the Laugh-In days – best be signing off now.
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It’s an absolute ball having you around here, I have to say. This comment made me laugh so much! 😛
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Wow!
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That’s exactly what I said. 😛
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great!
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Thanks!
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I dig it you guys, well done!!
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This is definitely up there with the best of the best in terms of collaborations so far. 🙂
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Real discomfort is not easy to achieve via a poem. Kudos!
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Yes, I really felt that discomfort too. They did a great job of this, that’s for sure. 🙂
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