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when i look out the window

when i look out the window
on a night like this
(wild clouds and starfish in dark pools)
when i look out from a darkened room
at the pale stretched-out shadows of the dead
their faces elongated cross-sections of time
passing by in a confused semblance of scenery
and in the oracular voices of the dead
i hear the out-soundings of my own
washing over the silence of a night
repeating all the faces i’ve known
in a weaving of circles of circles of eyes
of reflections of some thing
i could never quite define

like my attraction
to the dark side of the moon

or a song your body brings me
freshly gathered from the sea

  g.s.de burca, 22 january 2012 __
missed opportunity

she sits in the
room lit only
by the half
moon light
untangling the
knots in her hair
 
i lie on the bed
watching lazily
 
i refuse the offer
to comb her hair
 
 
the moon and the
water.  that smile
 
 
the missed opportunity

  g.s.de burca, 22 january 2012__
Hate

runs
like a virus
back and forth
thru the generations

what country
what person is free
from the ravages
and disfigurement of hate?

i read your books
listen to the music

and poetry of longings
desires and separation
common to us all

how could i hate
the makers of such
human expression?

let’s share a meal
and watch our differences
slip into insignificance


   g.s.de burca, 19 november 2011__
the streets are shimmering
the 
streets are shimmering in anticipation 
  
don't 
disappoint the day don't 
blacken 
the sky with thoughtless emotions 
you are 
somewhere 
absent 
            minded 
                         or 
engrossed 
                   in daily routine 
  
quit it 
  
step 
       under 
a ladder 
walk on 
cracks 
  
tell your 
boss you got urgent 
business 
like writing a poem 
  
going for 
a walk 
  
anything 
you like but fast 
  
this 
moment 
the 
streets shimmer 
                  in anticipation

  g.s.de burca, 19 january 2012__