Lancelot Schaubert's Blog, page 102

A Second Longer

William Greene over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

Some bald skin warms in laundry. “The altar needs work,” the altar worker thinks, before slippingdown _____________________.  (something else here) Slave ships start arriving in half dozens and toothbrushbristles drag across her lungs. Muse on namesfor pairs of mules. Honk and Cuss. Belle and Nubbin. Ignoring the intention of the shape,stone drinks the rain. Do […]

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The Phone Call

Zoe Cunniffe over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

You called me late last night, your breathing all shaky on the other end of the line. I thought for a moment that you were crying, and I pictured you sitting in the front seat of your red Toyotaon some dark street corner, with tears gushing down your cheeks. I stayed silent for a moment, […]

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And They Did

Jeffrey Burghauser over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

I recall when anti-Semites werePretty damn pathetic, all aslur, Variegated, rude,Like a quantity of shagRugs & over-barbecued Poultry swaddled in the Rebel flag, Idling at some random Hebrew Y.,And, assuming aim across the dryHaze that panicky,      Terminal fatigue begot,          Lightly wounding two or threeGuatemalans in the parking lot.          Now they’ve made a shul a […]

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Routine

William Greene over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

God catches me, smiling, & tosses me back. I fall into bed and through it on until the bed becomes the floor & the floor becomes the earth—the earth (ah, the molten earth) & then down through to another floor. Up I fall across an opium den & then burst shake roof into the sky. […]

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If We Speak At All

Keith Kennedy over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

I’m sorry.That’s the thing we sayLike automatons mis-remembering the meaning It used to be I Love You.Even when we’d say other wordsSimple wordsThey’d mean I Love You, same as if we said itSaid it every time our lips were apart from each otherEvery time they parted To have a time – A long time – […]

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A Broken Girl

Stacy Petty over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

What if she knew she was livingNot dyingLike she believed she wasWhat if she knewThat she was exactly what she neededShe could finally as herselfWhat if Featured Download: If you would like a resource to help you write poetry like this, CLICK HERE.

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He Likes Primary Colors

Roger Sippl over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

He likes primary colorsbut he knows when Mommy is dressed up pretty. He smiles badly for picturesunless he actually thinks something is funnyor is tickled and he’s in the mood for that. He’s tough, and doesn’t mind bleeding a little bitto do something he feels is important,like practicing with his new skateboardon the street, which […]

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Inward Atrophy

Adam Carrington over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

Nothing is new under the sun. Human history recycles the same themes, though the details may change. Sometimes it appears as if modernity has revisited in new wrapping paper of information technology and other buzz phrases like big data and artificial intelligence. We once again think our lives, coupled with enough data, technical progress, and […]

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Hourglass

Zoe Cunniffe over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

I caught you standing at my back gate. You were staring at the daffodils with a mist across your face. A kind of blanknessthat was crisp and unforgiving.You staggered toward me, laden with gloom,and I caught you, limply, in my arms. We were sitting on the back porch only ten steps later, the grey sky […]

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A Brand New Day

Stacy Petty over at The Showbear Family Circus - Lancelot Schaubert's and Tara Schaubert's liberal arts circus. said ::

The morning dawnsA touch of goldA hint of ochreHer devotion ever growingReaching farFor all to seeLike arms of a motherInviting and warmJust for a momentThere is only she and I Featured Download: If you would like a resource to help you write poetry like this, CLICK HERE.

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