Category: StevenRobertson

MAGMA shoves tectonic plates, and quakes
BLURT out of the earth like regretted words.
TREAT the resulting wounds on the
SCALE of natural disasters.

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BURST of punches and kicks made the
LINEN gis rustle and whisper:
TRAIN all you want, but no mercy.
SWEEP the leg.

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#1:

AGATE ore now polished and set in
METAL for each facet to
MODEL the sun whose light it refracts in a
PANIC of colors and brightnesses.

#2:

MACRO movements and MICRO schemings,
ARMOR and men positioned to defend the
SHEIK and his dominion––until the sentry
CRIED, “I yield!”

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VINYL siding falling off
PANEL by panel, showing colors like a
STEIN full and foaming, erstwhile home now
DOWDY from neglect.

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LOSER of ways, plots, and self, a
FIXER-upper in aspiration;
ALLOT room for oxygen in your heart’s tinder:
SPARK after spark of affection landing.

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SCARF like Linus’ blanket for those who
SPOOK easily at even a
SPOON full of weather––those
SNOWY gales of memory.

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CELLO and violin rest in the
SHADE of a grand
PIANO––waiting to
CAPER through the ears to the soul.

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GUAVA trees housing tropical birds who
OPINE about the sun overhead:
FABLE? mirage? worth it to
SHIRK the shade to investigate?

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1.

AZURE waves lap lazily against the ship whose
DRAFT allows it to ride the whale-road with an
ARRAY of Northmen bent on treasure, their shields
LEANT against their backs––for now.

2.

LEANT against the wall, the chest’s lid revealed an
ARRAY of treasures: gems gleaming scarlet and
AZURE in the torchlight. The sea breeze brings a
DRAFT of ambition through the cave.

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