REAL OUT HERE TODAY

the man
sat in the garden again

plastic zen
amen

~

waiting 

with a used canvas
for the roses
to bloom

& when the pigeons come

noisy & graceless
he notes in pencil 

on his scribble pad 

how real it is out here today

PAPER BLUES

  trembling sweats 
in 
the 
psycho doodle margin
  
  black tension 
in 
claustrophobic lift-cram
of
foot notes small print
  
  blank bulk 
of 
lined white runs the day to day

  bullet points
  keep order 

  chaos
hides in bottom draw scribble pad
  
  any 
heroes wait in post script
and
where-are-they-now

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