Kurt Philip Behm

Busted Flat (+1)

Busted Flat …

 

Poetic busking

the white lines advancing

 

A voice on the asphalt

the rubber — the road

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

 

 

 The Heaviest Silence

 

Oh, to be cursed

with the burden of truth

 

Without the propensity

—to speak it out loud

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)

 

 

The Last Song

 

Who among us

will write at the end

 

Who among us

the last to contend

 

Who among us

will capture goodbye

 

Who among us

won’t wither then die

 

Who among us

will stare it all down

 

Who among us

our destiny found

 

Who among us

will proffer the word

 

Who among us

demand to be heard

 

Who among us

will write the last song

 

Who among us

—will bridge the beyond

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)