odd poetry shards

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slip within the crack that lies
hidden between yourself and your self
veer not left nor to the right
and find your balance there

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dark
is the night
and the day
in the place
where the sun never shines
and the moon hides her face
and the shadows seek light
from the lamps that won’t burn
and children quake under the covers

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there’s a ghost in my head
lookin’ for a home
gettin’ under my skin
like a bad tattoo

karmic ghost of my heart
searchin’ for a soul
castin’ ancestral sin
like wicked hoodoo

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Humpty Dumpty played with magick
Humpty Dumpty’s life turned tragic
none of the King’s vassals, witches nor horses
would help poor Humpty ever again

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Giuseppe was a wanderer
a dedicated maunderer
a contemplative ponderer
of secrets long forgot

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she consorted with witches
too big for her britches
burned all her bridges
and turned herself out

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and my ship is sailin’
on the mornin’ tide
but I don’t wanna leave you
and I’ll be waitin’
‘til the dawnin’ light
‘cause I wanna beleave you

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rolled outa the hay n’grabbed m’hat
closed the door and I never looked back
jumped in m’truck and I hit the road
now it’s bye, bye baby, that’s all she wrote

I’m gone
paint me gone
y’done tied me up n’held me down
far too long, I’ll see you ‘round
I’m gone
long gone

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