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Kurt Philip Behm

Our mistakes are paid

in generations of denial

Old footsteps defaulting,

new judgments on file

 

The future in debt

to invoices past

tomorrow debentured

—arrears mounting fast

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2022)

 

 

GOODBYE

 

I said no to the man

and made my own bed

 

I cut my own trail

with eyes straight ahead

 

In debt to myself

but thankful to all

 

My words freely spoken,

their verdict my call

 

I beat my own rhythm

on multiple drums

 

I structured the lyrics

to sing and to hum

 

The nighttime began

what the morning forgave

 

A living refusal,

my back to the grave

 

The years have renewed,

all memories collide

 

The young and the old,

the truth and the lies

 

A comet yet burning,

new verse in the sky

 

One word still an orphan,

and homeless

—GOODBYE

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2017)

  • Author: Kurt Philip Behm (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 30th, 2022 10:22
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