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by TONY SINGLE
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soothsayer
time is a big black bird
that swallows you before the dawn
a well of days running dry
harrowing youth with utter scorn
you’re stuck in the bird’s craw
like jonah in the whale’s belly
you’re trapped down deep in a well
like hot water & gemelli
time to clip that bird’s wings
to sharpen up the silver knife
cut open its stinky throat
remove the guts of your half-life
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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afore
the tomb is empty
yet i am not
god has found a new place
your tent, my soul, lord
your tent, my soul
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2008
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after
like a bucket i’m kicked
on the ground all around
until i spill a river of tears
empty now
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2008
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foam & exile
many moons ago
where the sands meet the grey sea
the moose left footprints
leading nowhere & beyond
the call of glowering gulls
where were they going
how were they so far from home
who will ever know
many suns ago
when we did not fear the waves
we left a kelp chain
‘tween the sand dollars & jags
& the smell of iodine
where were we going
dull heavens in place of home
keys sunk in the sea
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
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