rolling dice

    spades and
    black horses
    threes and fives
    palming crystals
    and a prayer

    lopsided scales
    earth quakes
    waving at me
    and a hole
    in my pocket
    a little piece
    of black
    sleepless nights
    twist my fingers

    he cut my hair
    and soon
    he will die
    I wonder where
    the cross dressers
    will get their
    wigs curled
    for saturday
    talent night
    gambling and
    tossing bones
    rolling dice
    tumbling
    on green felt
    that luck runs from

    I step on a crack
    palming crystals
    and a prayer


    inside this world

    what is this?
    Sliding under my skin
    some kind of drug
    transmitting shivers
    I drink
    sipping flavors of places
    I've yet travelled
    Giving thought to ocean floors
    and timeless distance
    Singing songs behind the
    dark face of a Moon
    and the burning Suns cheek
    curved up inside a grin

    Jumbled cables erasing space
    extend in passages
    of creations need
    I walk drunkenly
    on waves of sand
    tripping on flavors
    dancing with an oceans floor
    feeling small
    inside this world
    like a message
    drifting at sea


    scratching the groove

    it's hard to find
    the edge
    dots in straight lines
    and curves
    spin like record discs
    black and skipping time
    repeating cries
    dull needles
    scratching the groove
    of yesterdays tune

    todays song
    plays on your mind
    turning craziness
    into a smile
    and for a moment
    the edge
    catches you
    tossing an easiness
    but soon
    the dull needle
    scratches the groove
    and yesterdays tune
    spins the same rhyme


    yesterdays trash

    pinks and greens
    spinning magic
    lips dipped red
    and the planet turns
    on one
    giant conversation
    many ears
    detect truth
    in guessing
    what lies
    behind madness
    on doors
    numbered three

    I leave my trash
    outside
    like you do
    I have no secrets
    in back lanes
    where sanity
    is explored
    at the end
    of a stick

    the curious
    view the mystery
    of my mind
    the planet spins
    on one
    giant conversation
    as crazy as
    my lips
    dipped in wine


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     I am a Canadian, yes , but I had the smarts and moved to the west coast, traded my snow shovel in for an umbrella. It was the best choice of survival. I love the arts and have been writing poetry since I was a little girl. This is my first submission so perhaps I am finally growing up. Since giving up the 9-5 I have time to do the things I love, write, paint, chat and sit in the sun. cheers! Happy New Year to everyone at the-hold!
Debra 'Dee' Stephens

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