avalanche IX

     Pashkir ornamentation
     liberty dwells in rooms aligned
     with the track of the North Star
     magnetic orientation;
     polar field fluctuations
     disconcert this state of imbalance
     bleeding, bleeding, hiding
     waiting for the miracle to begin

     dovetailing into hard-won silence
     fetid corpse of fallen shrine
     Pashkir ostentation
     grandiosity's forbearance
     stop
     conversational inquietude,
     interlude, don't speak
     this is the chapter which
     in courage strikes fear
     illusory happenstances, perchance
     might take shelter within
     bleeding for the first strike,
     crippled by the second

     blue halo over the hilltop
     wind rising with tremulous swells,
     courting the foot of the mountain,
     courteously sidestepping
     weeping avalanches,
     cascades before the flood
      terror before the tide
     foreign place-names,
     decadent ornmentation
     for keeping up appearances,
     second sight; a curse in
     benevolence's graven image

     segues smoothly into chaos
     the madman's last recourse
     failure on a hedonistic scale
     full moon? the driver speaks
     wide-eyed, the wall of fire works wonders
     stern solemn crescendo of the moonlight
     delicate balance
     born under weight of water
     cold stark landscape
     stop
     beleaguered grievance,
     one final deciding rap of the gavel
     walking through fallen leaves.
the unending conversation

   end the unending conversation
   with a superficial sigh
   and a cautious, furtive glance
   across the borders of our lives....
  
   end the unending conversation
   with a euphemistic word
   understanding of a spirit
   and the eloquence of our world....
  
   end the unending conversation
   with an introspective frown
   draw inspiration from the tangibilities
   seek false idols on solid ground....

   end the unending conversation
   with an enigmatic smile
   get lost in your own philosophies
   and wander for a while....


 
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