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for sanity’s sake
here between the seasons
the drought & hoped for rains
how on earth we prevail is
a puzzle for analytical minds
we try one smile on at a time
one smile at a time
to keep that sultry darkness at bay
one smile at a time
but perhaps today is not that day
mayhap i wish to sluttily lay
in disarray like i belong
& die erelong
but life goes on
while i whore myself to ruination
& smile along with the twee
their cock-a-hoop clarity in
hopes that we might cohabitate
in peace between drought & rain
& life goes on
one smile at a time
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025
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how about love
are you the right hand of god
are you the hand left in darkness
well, never you mind, boy
be a man & do no harm
lay down your arms, boy
lay down your arms
bear your holly crown, boy
bear it with compassion for
your turn in the sun is nearly over
& soon i hope you’ll understand
that lust for legacy’s absurd
death & glory are just words
never you mind your pretty head
you could be dancing in the rain
just lay down your arms, boy
be a man & do no harm
lay down your arms
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025
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novitiate
a girl sits above the river
her hair golden in the sun
eyes silver beneath the moon
coins scatter to the shallows
more wishes for rippling stars
& water striders in the gloom
her song flows with milk & honey
something about faraway lands
blest by radiant summers thrice
is myrtle the plant or her name
is she fertility’s virgin maid
or is she a mere whore for christ
who will know, let’s leave her alone
let her sit above the river
singing her inscrutable song
by TETIANA ALEKSINA & TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2024
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Tumblevision #32
Let’s be very clear. The man was a dangerous bigot that didn’t care whose lives his toxic rhetoric impacted. Did that make him deserving of being murdered? Of course not. But I’m also not obligated to give a tinker’s damn about him just because he’s dead now. What I’m more concerned with is the facile whitewashing of the real and measurable harm his weaponised words did to the most vulnerable groups in our society when he was alive. His murder solves nothing. It only adds fuel to the fire. He’s now a martyr for the bad faith bigots out there, emboldening them to do much worse, and all in the name of intolerance. That is not a good thing and nor was he.
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2025
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