Sink or Swim

by Matt Beard
Minding I was just minding my own business Just standing out there on the docks Lost in a long list of long lost thoughts Thinking of various clocks Counting the sums And cursing some And wondering when my ship would come… in Was it a crime to just stand there Was it some kind of a… sin? Staring into that particular darkness Of calm waters at dusk When something flashed Out from a splash in...
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Amateur Hour

by Matt Beard
Heaven and Earth And your life in them Cathedral architecture This is who you are Don’t be fooled by the vendors In the courtyard The ticket-man at the entrance Who would sell you for a song They no longer even see you And you were made for more than merely being seen You were made to move mountains You are a masterpiece   There is a truth in every act of creation That its final...
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