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Poem – Sighs Of Smog

Posted on April 7, 2021 by brokeMC

The clouds thickennear the horizon– There are rainbows in them,Halos of light stretching outfrom this soot city Tears slide down theglass face of a building. A moan is carried froma subway tunnel. Tension is carried on your shoulderslike twin caskets … Continue reading →

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Poem – Dog tired

Posted on September 17, 2020 by brokeMC

I love my dog’s snore The gentle buzzing sweet and steady A soft song of peace A muted trumpet blown from A distant dream And maybe I’m there with her Rolling in some divine grass  And she’s telling me how … Continue reading →

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Poem – When I hit the wall

Posted on July 26, 2020 by brokeMC

When I hit the wall I tried to push through it I leaned into it with the determination Of a child yet to experience The teeth of the world Every day I placed my hands on it Pushed and prodded … Continue reading →

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Story #17 – The Next Perfect Word

Posted on March 19, 2019 by brokeMC

The sun was setting on an early spring day and the cold was biting down hard. I was walking my dog in a small patch of grass in Brooklyn in the shadow of a smattering of glass and metal high-rise … Continue reading →

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Smoke

Posted on December 5, 2018 by brokeMC

He handed me a cigarette in that cave of foliage, the same woods we played in some ten years earlier. He wasn’t saying much between puffs and staring off which was easier than catching up on the forever since I … Continue reading →

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This is not our Country

Posted on July 8, 2016 by brokeMC

This is not our Country. Where injustice is tolerated in exchange for creature comforts doled out by a heartless regime, a faceless machine rolling in circles carving a hole, digging a grave burying deeper the shrapnel of our dreams, Our … Continue reading →

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There is a Dark Hallway

Posted on March 1, 2015 by brokeMC

There is a dark hallway It swallows every sound All the tiny words tossed Like keys into a blanket Like coins into mud Like wishes to the sky And in our dreams we stare Into its vaulted expanse Prying the locks … Continue reading →

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A Troubled Refrain

Posted on July 3, 2013 by brokeMC

These red rocks rise out of an ocean of powdered sugar, Immense swells of earth frozen into a frothy storm of rock and clay, ice and snow, past and present. These petrified fortresses guard the secrets of Time; God’s quietest … Continue reading →

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Bucket List #1

Posted on July 2, 2013 by brokeMC

I want to dance in theperfect lighted cornea ofan infant’s honest eye. I want to whisper in thedelicate hollows ofthe most somber flute. I want to tiptoe over theflowering tastebuds oftwo lovers’ wrestling tongues. I want to sit in theweathered … Continue reading →

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Mo(u)rning cross Country.

Posted on May 20, 2013 by brokeMC

Long shadows cast by defrosting Cows moored in a sea of green, Tail swishing cudd gnashing; Dreaming cow dreams, Silhouettes of churches and the errant wind turbines Waving their arms in chorus Cheering me on as I drive into the … Continue reading →

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