OH HUNTER, OH ERNEST, OH VIRGINIA

Hunter, Ernest, Virginia
Went their way - bullets, water
Time to leave, to disappear
No hanging about for lingering diseases
No more verbiage to toss around
In befuddled brains

Hunter on phone to wife
Her voice giving him the logic
to blowout his brain
Everything will be alright he said
You'll be rid of me

Ernest sneaking downstairs
Grabbing shotgun, blasting away
Clouds of unwritten words swimming
Ending the endless struggle.
Mary in unsound sleep in her room

Voices in Virginia's head
Walking, rocks in pocket
No mistake this time
Into the cold river of Ouse
Drowning in liberation

How pleased they were to plan


Their vanishing tricks.:


Cheating death's grasping hands

MAGIC AT THE MALL

I want to kneel in adoration
As the music drifts through the mall

An old refrain I know so well
Have not played in years

I hear it anew: my brain infused
A sense of wonder engulfing
Floating not walking across
the cream tiles, quiet faces

Hurrying by clutching plastic bags
Emerging from ugly screaming shops
Musical notes so subtle
Haunting beyond words
You need to listen carefully
To catch the melodious tones

Crowded over by whirring escalators
Stepping feet, playful children

Realisation how the mind craves


Obstacles to invoke a surge of bliss
Clarity stays simmering

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