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i'll tend to the flame

Watch that old fire as it flickers and dies,  That once blessed the household and lit up our lives.  It shone for the friends and the clinking of glasses.  I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes.  ---  Capture the wild things and bring them in line  And own what was never your right to confine.  The lives and the loves and the songs are what matters.  I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes.  ---  Do you feel heavy?  Your eyes drop with grief.  Your spirit is wild and your suffering is brief.  So never you buckle and bend to the masses.  I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes.  ---  Get round the fire with a glass of strong ale  And tell us a story from beyond the pale.  Bury some seeds and expect some strong branches.  I'll tend to the flame; you can worship the ashes.   ---  Now show me a man that can meet all his needs,  For what we need m...

poetry that smells smelly good

 

I BELIEVE ONLY IN GARLIC



It is mid morning
and some salesmonkey in Mississippi
is ringing my number
ignoring the grave warnings 
in my voice greeting

someone on the telly
implores me repeatedly
to ask my doctor about
something
and the shopping aisles
are lined with friendly reminders
to get my flu shot

they're trying to kill me at every turn


so I'm off to do my power walk
and as the plague spreads 
across the planet
I believe only in garlic
and apple cider vinegar
and beets
and in the end
perhaps
I believe only in dynamite

and you're still hot and heavy
for a man from your past who was
arrogant and insensitive to your feelings
a quasi musician with no real ambition
(I've read the private thoughts of many 
so please don't feel singled out)
and I remember the night she said:
how DARE you invade my mind like that!

sorry...

my ancestors were Vikings

we live in constant dread

like quail scurrying across open spaces 


time runs down

till time runs out
and in the end
we're all just looking for something
that's more enduring than we are 


via: https://catnip-timoteo.blogspot.com/2018/03/i-believe-only-in-garlic.html?sc=1733674457214#c804823061096111064

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