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{un}holy haiku - 3rd Edition


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ancient tunes remain

captured to be enraptured

brides of the Danube

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brides of the Danube

bringing life with floods while death

makes whirlpools so cold   

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makes whirlpools so cold

what from source began so warm

goddess spiral up

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goddess spiral up

her roots never leaving ground 

teeming with new life  

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teeming with new life

she falls from sky; crawls from sea

her roots friction wars

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her roots friction wars

gold bonfires on hilltops some-

times spark great burnings

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times spark great burnings

now watch this witch set herself

on fire their pyre fails

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on fire their pyre fails

slapstick version of thirties 

pathetic grotesque 

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where are the cone hats

conical even dunce work

Phygyrian we wear

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and Phrygian as well

reminds now more of fig leaf 

greed ate its own legs 

 

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greed ate its own legs

when toga was worn by all

stola came green eyed

 

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casfs purple Shadows

Night outside perfect as cats

not afraid of selves

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not afraid of selves

but imagined threats may lurk -

whistle in the dark

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whistle in the dark 

attracts hellhounds and werewolves

silence is an art 

  

 

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silence is an art

fireflies blink their poetry

hermits statuesque

 

 

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hermits statuesque

found - before they knew they seek -

love, the common ground   

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stations clicking past

my bag keeps shrinking, in it

just handful of dust

 

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just handful of dust

in my tent, locket of hair

pressed against my lips

 

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pressed against my lips

index finger, slightly crooked 

soul to soul, they know 

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soul to soul, they know

down to their back up

outside all walls fall

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outside all walls fall

to patterns drawn in stardust

constellations rule

 

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constellations rule

fabric of fate embroidered    

with free iron will

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