Another night of
nondescript dreams
follows me through
the day as if every
unplanned moment
were half a déjà vu
away in disguise
maybe I didn’t sleep
so good maybe I
slept too well maybe
my body doesn’t like
to be interrupted
by consciousness
what is the world
other than adrift
in a sea of thoughts
it tries to recollect
unsuccessfully
the next day
Category: Poems
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NovPoWriMo 20
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NovPoWriMo 19
Pretty easy
to see the world
as one big threat
when all you have
to defend yourself
is “self defense”
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NovPoWriMo 18
All the music
you thought
existed only
in your head
implanted at
an earlier age
is still out there
to be discovered
brave new worlds
some of them not
even sung yet
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NovPoWriMo 17
A night without sleep
might last all day long
if you’re not careful
when will you wake up
maybe you’re falling
but that’s not the dream
you can’t remember
anything always
not some of the time
hours bend forward
lurch into the past
no escape is home
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NovPoWriMo 16
So much still
taking place
on screens
difference being
we have to see
through to know
there is joy
among the sorrow
without us
we have been
waiting for
the end of looking
at opaque windows
hoping to find
light in the middle
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NovPoWriMo 15
Disorientation
was it all a dream
I know it wasn’t real
that’s why these lines
are still on my face
evidence of light
touching like a ghost
materializing and just
staying in places
thank you places
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NovPoWriMo 14
All the time machines
in my head
are waving
simultaneously
A full circle is
always complete
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NovPoWriMo 11
Walking through the woods
some leaves are
heavier than others
Cooking a new recipe
make sure to check on
the roses outside
Din of leaf blowers
meticulously manicured lawns
doesn’t mean we’re not doomed
Joshua Keiter 