There Be Virtual Catfish*

He wasn’t born in Paris
He doesn’t live in Manhattan
He certainly doesn’t make
the daily commute to London
Where he’s now an industry captain

He doesn’t own a jet
Or a fleet of customized Porsche
He’s not really all that into saving the environment
Doesn’t actually head the helm at Tesla

But he’s hoping to the web
That you are somewhat green and newish
Because you have been witness to
and received a follow request from
The profile of a prowling catfish

No ... my friend

Wills isn’t dumping Kate
The next royal highness won’t be you
Even his bro, screen name Harry Prince
to Meghan remains true

Still … I agree
you’d have made a great Duchess Stu

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[Moved My Percolator]

moved my percolator
from the kitchen; to bedside
my closest comfort

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Smudged Watery Reflection

doves roost a’flock
penitentiary bound
a’nest in separated
singularity
awaiting the return
of familiar wing-beats
reunion of complementary
duality

tempest on hiatus
the mist has declared
in blurred binary

"I wait for you"

no chaos could touch
the motionless apprehension
crack my smudged watery
reflection

my ideal self
the being of light
who inhabits
the other side
of the mirror
insists I have not completed
seeing through a glass darkly

sanctimony; recriminations
regret and shame
jealousy, hoard my love
from me
keep him haloed and aloft
me earthbound, in shadow
a being not worth embracing

"still … I will wait for you"
maintain my smudged watery
reflection

Knotted Worn

knotted, worn
breezy willow
industrious woodpecker
priceless peace

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Mirrored Falls

a provincial-born
city girl
fought her way out
from forced reclusion

they say we select
our parents
the when and how
of our conception

our provincial-born
city girl
has concluded
they say a lot
most of it utterly deluded

this prodigal daughter
under the neon din
and not the starry sky
found the strength within

she learned to dance
upon embedded concrete glitter
under a canopy of boulevard trees
while far above her head
shimmered the mirrored falls
of glass and steel skyscrapers

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April Daffodil

April daffodil
highest vantage point
up front
earliest demise