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Bike Night
Twin beat of tire spokes braid night air
into set of rapids a canoe would fall upon.
Creases of energy propel me deliriously
forward, folds of force comfortable as pillows,
wells of gravity like muscles from beneath.
My legs pound the circle of bicycle pedals
through night soft as sweater, dark, brilliant,
a night when you feel buoyant, lucky
Valour
It’s not about the biggest car.
Not about being first.
About indulging the urge to kill
in the name of privilege and wealth.
Valour defines its arena one way:
deny fate, envisage what should be.
I will swim again
Today, I pretend everything is fine.
The lake is calm, weather hot,
the great blue water stretches
to kiss the wide blue sky uninterrupted,
and the lake beckons,
spreads its arms wide, says,
“Swim with me,
“Remember.”
1,000 lives
1,000 lives.
Each one never perfect,
undone by the weakness of living.
One life as an aesthetic only to hate more.
One life as an addict only to suffer more.
Singing
Sight is instantaneous, illusory and easily confused. Ask any magician.
Our eyes connect directly to our brain. Our visual processing occurs at incomprehensible speeds, passing through various parts of our brain electric speed, and most of those internal mental processors are developed to cut down the incoming information
The little girl and the great actor
a Christmas ghost story
It was Christmas time and the theatres were filled with audiences eager for pantomimes, romances, comedies. And the greats.
The Great Actor was sitting in his dressing room waiting for the start of the great play, King Lear. He was King Lear.
As he applied makeup to accentuate the wrinkles in his face, dusted his hair to make it even greyer, he thought, “I don’t need this make-up. Look how old I am.” He stared at his image before him.