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Put your hands up slowly and step away from the blog
Take it easy, no sudden moves.
It's a beautiful night sir
lift your fingertips
from those keyboard grooves.
You've said your piece
so too have they
it's over for now
no reason to stay.
Rise up from the madness
let your mind roam.
it's a beautiful night
and the angels and devils
are rushing home.
The sun is falling
no, not the sky
It's a beautiful night sir
stop wrestling with
why
why
why
so your body writhes
and your mind reels
and your life feels
like crushed crayons
and broken pinwheels
so you think you see
all you're meant to be
you think your soul
won't
ever
ever
ever
shake free
but it's not like that
not at all in fact
not on the other side of the fog
It's a beautiful night sir
Step away from the blog.
that darkness rolls deep
but it's a beautiful night sir
don't hide in your sleep
I know I know
that sadness weighs a ton
But hand to god I promise
there's poetry in the universe--
enough
for everyone
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Goodnight blogs; Goodnight hairbrush; Good night Moon.
August 7, 2009 9:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Lovely...thought-provoking, timely, and just....lovely.
August 7, 2009 10:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you, sir. Very nicely done.
August 7, 2009 10:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Beautifully done. But remember some of us are 3 hours earlier in hour time zone! It's like arriving at the party after everyone drank all the beverages and is passed out. Sheesh!
Goodnight, John Boy.
August 7, 2009 10:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
All Righty Then. I hereby render unto you the Dayly Poet of the Day Award for this here TPMCafe Site, given to all of you from all of me.
Rise up from the madness
let your mind roam.
it's a beautiful night
and angels and devils
are rushing home.
But thats ok, I could have grabbed any one verse.
August 7, 2009 10:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Very nice G, very nice.
August 8, 2009 12:33 AM | Reply | Permalink
Peace, bro, if only for tonight, peace.
August 8, 2009 2:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
such a great community here, this TPM:)
It's all good. And Saturday to boot:)
August 8, 2009 6:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
Beautiful poem, Gary.
August 8, 2009 8:07 AM | Reply | Permalink
Gary, you have a true gift. Thanks.
August 8, 2009 10:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Nice one Gary.
August 8, 2009 11:39 AM | Reply | Permalink
Just gorgeous really. Thank you.
As an editor in a previous life, I have to ask about "said your peace." Until I read "so have they," I assumed "peace" was intentional. Regardless, this piece is exquisitely expansive and peaceful.
August 8, 2009 12:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for your thoughts, Bill.
About "said your peace", I'm humble enough to admit I don't quite know what you mean. I guess maybe there's something that doesn't quite sound right or make sense, or track logically? All I meant, really, is that at the end of the day, I spoke my mind; so too have they. Maybe it's not quite grammatical? Not quite clear?
One thing I promised myself with this train of thought, which came out in the shape of rhymes, is that I wouldn't get in the way. I would just pick up the closest brush, close my eyes, and write uninterrupted, without deliberation, regardless of color or shade or stroke or arcs or sweeps or thickness or splatter or smear or splashes.
And still, it came out on the neat and clean side:)
I guess one really needs to let go to write outside the lines.
August 8, 2009 2:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good night and good day, Gary. Thank you. I always need a reminder to step back from the edge!
August 8, 2009 1:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
The edge is a bizarre place.
Some never have to step back from it because they never chance getting within its gravitational pull.
Some live on the edge and chronicle what goes on beyond it.
Some step over the edge and never come back.
Some step over the edge only to realize it's not the edge at all. It's where everyone else is.
A step toward sanity for some. Insanity for others.
August 8, 2009 2:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shhhhh.... Peace still has the microphone....
August 8, 2009 2:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
A small un-trumpeted elaboration on that very thought, forthwith.
August 8, 2009 4:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm outta here.
August 8, 2009 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nice
August 8, 2009 7:30 PM | Reply | Permalink