RISE (from QUILT)

burning
hell
tolling
bell
taste of
bile
left over 
vile
climbing
bevel
disguised
devil
shifting
shape
desperate
escape
crazed
clown
merry go
round
carnival
mirrors
terror
fear
haunted
house
pyre
douse
on the
run
beating
drum
released
hounds
leaps
bounds
low
growl
full moon
howl
warrior
cries
evil
dies
shadow
boxed
demon
outfoxed
...

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WISH I WERE

wish i were a hurricane
that churns the ocean's floor
wish i were a rich coral reef
stretching from shore to shore
wish i were a tectonic plate
could move the earth around
wish i were a quake
that crevasses the ground
wish i were a drop
descending from a cloud
wish i were a thunderstorm
ferocious and loud
wish i were a streak of lightning
that brightens the sky
wish i ...

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TRANSFORM 1

slither in
the blind
changing shape
in time
rearranging in
the berm
tadpole losing
its squirm
dragging from
the rough
to hop on
the bluffs
head out of
the hudge
cues from
nature's nudge
breathe in
formation
pure
oxygen
origination
transform
again
back to
seeds
root through
weeds
can't explain
the genesis
magic
twist
of a 
chrysalis
wings beat
back
...

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BOUNTY

went on
a quest
for a 
treasure chest
knew there
had to be
one out there
for me
wished for
fame
all would know
my name
from a 
chalice
i would sip
and be
diamond dripped
have
money
beyond
belief
ride in
a limousine
i would be
the scene
toasted
as queen
crazy myself
i almost drove
searching for
a jewel filled trove
imagine my surprise
when i found the key
...

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SHED

love
unrequited
rejected
spited
jealousy
couldn't fight it
enraged
labelled
tagged
devastation
regurgitation
stigmatized
begged
cried
ostracized
drug hazed
guise
self
loathed
rough
road
facing
gales
bond
bails
shaemeless
aimless
bedded
shredded
romped
stomped
stamped
tramp
pills...pills...pills
buried
still
suppression
depression
inside
dead
shed...s...

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AMAZONIAN

would be
famous
if everyone knew
who i was
don't
understand
should have records
of platinum
they don't know
my name
should have
fortune and fame
poured out
my soul
in tales
i've told
should be on
Rolling Stone
producing
pure gold
write like
nobody's business
but haven't made
any hit list
can rock
a line
do it all
the time
yet my star
still doesn't shine
n...

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BURIED GOLD

no beacon
no held hand
shifting sand
boogeyman
hide and dart
missing parts
unseen marks
shaky start
shamed
stained
blamed
called names
spirit hollow
left unwhole
no destiny
no home
no goal
a being
crippled
damaged
rippled
words a sickle
downhill trickle
branded
stranded
spiining kaleidoscope
no grab rope
couldn't cope
twisted
mother
gator
father
waste
...

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WATERSPOUT

pain exceeds
words
submerged
unheard
tablet on tip
of tongue
flotation vice
not a one
gasping for banks
sank...sank
anchored in angst
sink...sink
into the drink
writhe
twist
vortex
abyss
hyperventilate
crushing
weight
fall...fall
clutch
crawl
needles
and pins
spin...spin
against the rip
swim...swim
tsunami
deep...deep
sea
down...down
into the
drown
b...

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GOODBYE SON

now's
the time
for saying
goodbye
to only
child
of mine
decades
of dawns
you've been
gone
carry the
weight
of the unsaid
too late
never buried
memories
you'll always
be
with me
have to let
you go
so i can
grow
things to
get done
before the
setting sun
working
hard
piecing
shattered parts
changing
legacy
for you
and me
have to
say so long
in orde...

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BEYOND

early bird
gets the worm
slept in
missed my turn
no vision
no foresight
dreams took
flight
like a
lead kite
narrow
view
didn't think
things through
bit more than
could be chewed
left with
chances few
no second
thought
in a web
caught
diving in
head first
crash...burn
or worse
never looked
before i leaped
landed in
too deep
nothing sown
less to reap
one ste...

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HARVEST

reap what's
sown
harvest what's
grown
pain
into
grain
yield
endless
field
nurturing
crop
elevator
to top
hands
work
land
grueling
toil
now the
spoils
clothing
stitched
bountiful
rich
spreading
seeds
rooting
deep
ebb and
flow
soup
bowl
taking
stock
seasonal
clock
nature's
bliss
fall
solstice
basket
filled
winter's
still
branching
out
spring'...

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TODAY

time to face
the truth
what we'd
been through
always something
going on
dramatics
no calm
together for
so long
couldn't see
did me wrong
followed a
crooked path
lifetime
getting back
only
friend
painful
end
had to
let go
of what
i know
holding onto
loss
nothing but
a cost
only way to
break free
built a bridge
over me
no longer
be
wallowing
in misery
pie...

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TRUCE

saw you
standing there
put you in
the crosshair
had so
much fun
now feeling
under the gun
went from
once upon a time
to drawing
hostile lines
why do
we fight
when we're on
the same side
looked to
you
to help me
soldier through
slept below
the sky
now it's a field
of mines
walk on
my toes
so one
won't explode
wake up
rattled
fatigued from
the battles
at the
...

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NEVER ALONE

shoulders
round
from being
put down
laughed
too loud
clown
in the
crowd
circle in
a square
didn't fit in
anywhere
put on
game face
slowly
erased
self
conscious
shallow
pompous
shut
mouth
kept nose
out
please...please
no one
notice me
name
mistaken
shunned
forsaken
yearned for
a home
found
a soul
now have
both
never alone
closet full
of ghosts
...

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NEW MENU

shipped out
too soon
under a
bad moon
cross bones
and skulls
damaged
hull
force of
a typhoon
total
ruin
trawled through
hell
shocked from
shells
into the
depths
permanent
sunset
lead filled
pockets
rudderless
stars in
sky
only
guide
S.O.S.
sent
saved own self
in end
spit and
shine
stabilized
the margin
line
lost dead
weight
cleaned
slate
dining o...

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THE JOURNEY

don't receive what
you expect
when things
are less
than perfect
give up
hope
if unreached
is a goal
no point
it seems
when unrealized
are dreams
won't even
try
if no chance
for first prize
fill with
doubt
maybe even
pout
when the imagined
doesn't work out
if focused on the end
not the means
be missing out
on the journey
people you
may meet
miss the
surp...

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I LAND

no
captain
no
direction
in a
wave
no
break
had no
flow
didn't
know
which way
to go
life passing
by
ship in
the night
running out
of steam
swimming against
the stream
hook...line
sinker
old hurts
linger
more the
angst
further i
sank
thoughts an
undertow
dragging me
below
anchored by
ghosts
wallowed
no
coast
nothing in
sight
no house
with a light
...

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CURRENT

all
consumed
with what they
put you through
no longer
in your life
with them
you still fight
if you saw
them today
go over what
you would say
in your mind
looping narrative
wasting time
cuz you can't forgive
so you exist
instead of live
caught up in
emotions and thoughts
of those with
whom you've fought
role play
with yourself
do this or that
if you were someone...

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BREEZEWAY

torrential
rain
no weather
vane
ghost ship
adrift
eye of
the storm
twist
shorn
lowering
boom
monsoon
life
vest
straight
jacket
kept at
bay
swept
away
tempest
not
in a
teapot
heeling
gale
against
sail
list
flail
frantic
bail
crosswind
coming
in
capsized
no tank
dive
red in
mourning
took
warning
hurricane
force
washed
ashore
window
pain
a
...

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BEEN HURT TOO

think you're the only one
it isn't true
know you hurt
been hurt too
every one of us
have things we go through
on the edge
hammer to a sledge
dig deep
when the climb is steep
may be frightened to the bone
but you're not alone
can honestly say
i've faced dark days
some strife in your life
ahead are better times
keep up the fight
soon see the light
gotta purge the m...

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ISN'T GOODBYE

piece of
me dies
seeing
you cry
cannot
hide
tried
and
tried
don't want you
to hurt
from my
words
tears me
apart
breaking
your heart
so many
reasons why
can't keep
up the lies
can hardly
breathe
gotta break
free
you didn't
see
i had bigger
dreams
smiling
phony
no longer
me
loved me
first
seen me at
my worst
simple
man
held my
hand
on the
fa...

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YOURS TO SEIZE

take bull by
the horns
grow roses
without thorns
half full
is your glass
pure gold
out of brass
fine wine
from tap wtaer
five star meal
using fodder
diamond from
charcoal
solid ground
of a sink hole
one line
into a book
big fish
without a hook
shower in pennies
under the rain
full crop from
single grain
seperate wheat
from chaff
always get
last laugh
r...

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ECLAIR

water or
air
furnished or
bare
murmur or
blare
indifferent or
care
truth or
dare
conceal or
declare
hope or
despair
donut or
eclair
biased or
fair
inept or
flair
dull or
glare
tortoise or
hare
nomadic or
lair
donkey or
mare
synthetic or
mohair
razor or
nair
expand or
pare
common or
rare
assure or
scare
withhold or
share
freedom or
snare
condem or
...

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CHAMELEON(2)

cloaked
dagger
charm and
swagger
tears of a
crocodile
reptile
smile
hits the
road
snake
swallowed
the toad
itinerary
no need
studies
scenery
no lily
pad
wanderer
nomad
spellbound
rabbit hole
down
heart
breaker
poser
faker
character of
fiction
mock...mimic
depiction
deep sea
green
pools
of
cool
not blinded
by night
a lizard
in dim light
tail
...

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VAMPIRE'S KISS

night
inversion
silent
excursion
wings
spanned
hearing
enhanced
shadowed
cave
sound
waves
echo
location
good
vibrations
darkness
engulfed
emitting
pulse
change
form
parasitic
swarm
radar
vision
fighter pilot
precision
exterminate
recreate
virtual
feast
beauty in
the beast
deep sleep
rise
bitten once
twice shy
light
blind
ravenous
appetite
...

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IN THE MOURNING

grief
and pain
one in
same
overwhelming
crushes
in waves
it rushes
knocked
off feet
left
empty
can't
concentrate
thoughts of
destiny...fate
asking
why
in between
cries
try to move
forward
don't wanna
face tomorrow
carry the
weight
unspoken words
too late
grateful
fulfilled
yet sadder
still
pacing
caged
in enters
rage
aching
heart
missing
pa...

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SPACE LEFT BEHIND

see you
in dreams
smiling
at me
still feel
you breathe
so close but
out of reach
things left
unsaid
repeat in
my head
what could
i say
to ease
the pain
couldn't find
the words
to heal
the hurt
when you
were here
slowly
disappeared
barely see
your face
vanished without
a trace
miss you
everyday
that you've
been away
silence
never ends
like an
...

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BAIL PAID

shackled
to a
capsule
solitary
confined
for what's
behind
living
hell
like a
six foot cell
back and forth
pace
in a nowhere
race
a fraud
a fake
turn the phony
into bank
remove the
chains
write the
pain
into
play
expose
the
pose
mine pure
gold
get early
parole
from the
hole
bottom
scrapes
a great
escape
make an
earn
from the
burn
record
expung...

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BOUNTY

went on
a quest
for a
treasure chest
knew there
had to be
one out there
for me
wished for
fame
all would know
my name
from a chalice
i would sip
and be
diamond dripped
have
money
beyond
belief
ride in a
limousine
i would be
the scene
toasted as
queen
crazy myself
i almost drove
searching for a
jewel filled trove
imagine my surprise
when i found the key
and...

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WORDS

oh yes
i love words
written...spoken
heard
don't know prose
from verse
phonetically
cursed
but from
time to time
write such a
good line
blow my
own mind
yes i love
semantics
wax poetic
and pedantic
words shallow
and deep
flowing river
trickling creek
metaphors
rhymes and puns
see how
they're strung
linked
expression
diamonds
and gems
on paper
from pen
queen...

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BEST SELLER

flickering words
at night
like firefly's
light
gently
nudging
me
vanishing
suddenly
ingenious
flash
just beyond
my grasp
would create
magic
if i could
grab it
thoughts
elusive
as liquid
through a sieve
forming
to hide
in the corners
of my mind
inside me
resides
a Pulitzer
prize
an exceptional
essay
a brilliant
array
of poems
lines
words
and rhymes
...

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LITTLE OFF KEY

little off
key
might be
a
freak
like others
i don't talk
never belonged
to a flock
speak a
bit loud
feel isolated in
a crowd
can't stay
calm
when something's
going on
awkward
afraid
gonna make
a mistake
look like
a fool
trying to
keep cool
arrive in
casual wear
at black tie
affairs
don't possess
social grace
end up
losing face
topics i
choose
al...

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TIME TO EXIT

eyes
that
hypnotize
couldn't be
strong
wasn't
long
bfore i
fell
under
your spell
a touch
like voodoo
hard time
escaping you
magic at
first
uncovered
the curse
your
wizardry
was lost
on me
home we
made
just a trick
you played
nothing but
an illusion
that had me
in confusion
when the
curtain closed
went from
prince to toad
putting on
 a show
was y...

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NOT GONNA FOLD

up...up...up
trampoline
can't feel
my feet
under me
defying laws
of gravity
rose colored
glass
got me
kickin ass
don't look
before i leap
think before
i speak
gonna do what
i please
no ceiling
or floors
that's what walls
are for
if ignorance
is bliss
i'm giddy
with it
yes i
might slip
don't give
a flip
rather rely
on tarot cards
than not follow
my ...

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