Author: Brian Yapko
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One Man In His Time
Clever child, he put on the coy smile of such-a-good-boy, then the scrunch-nose and broken glasses of the spelling whiz, later the mirror-love of the adolescent athlete. As the years gathered, he tried on the glam glitter of the rock idol, the moping scowl of the short-bus kid, then black mascara goth with a snake-phallus…
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Starry Night
enchanted village sleep gentle, nestled in a valley of wishes. rest protected by your giant cypress sentinel, caressed by swirls and gyres of azure and white. breathe deep of magic starlight and float beneath a child’s golden moon illuminated by sacred stars, each a tawny crayon sun. my jaw drops at the mystery of…
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Santa Fe
Trembling aspens in the Sangres blush amber, Marking the death of summer yet resplendent and Witness to my sadness. The cottonwoods a flinty-gold lining the Rio Grande On the road to Taos the air smoke-scented with roasting piñons. I am here but lost somehow. The winds from the Rockies hum and wail to…