Monday, September 13, 2021

13,818. FOR THE MAN WITH ALL THOSE KEYS

FOR THE MAN WITH 
ALL THOSE KEYS
That's the last jangle you'll hear :
And the deadened marsh oasis 
is not going to save you now. 
There's a fire at the thorn-bush 
where you're sitting.
-
Slice open that orange-peel
with some new kind of knife.
Inner-riches are waiting to be
found. Light-elixir, and these
are special oranges for sure.
-
I rented once a cottage by the
sea. I thought I'd have a crowd
but all that came to me were
the ocean breezes, gulls, and
sand-flies too. ('Live and learn,'
they used to say. Now they just do).

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