joel , to poetry group
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A poet
condenses
what they know

into forms
with constraints:
with known rules.

Their language
is chosen
carefully.


@poetry

joel , to poetry group
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It's outrageous! Infuriating!
Every life is a tragic arc,
and there's nothing to be done
to bend it otherwise.
Watching a train wreck
while on the train,
Our best hope?
To be
numb.


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joel , to poetry group
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Write, delete, write, delete, write, delete...
That's how my morning is going.
It's how my life is going.
Write, delete, write, delete...
At the end, I'll be
a still cursor,
flashing, on
a blank
page.


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joel , to poetry group
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Her fate written across the night sky
in squirming spectral greens and reds
the kids laying in the yard
watching with disbelief
Could it really be?
A life so short
and the end
coming
soon


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joel , to poetry group
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You could spend hours pouring over
the encrypted book collection
at the old town library.
But when others have tried
and failed, why bother?
All has been lost:
We've misplaced
the one
key


@poetry

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