David McLansky Poems

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351.
Mad Poet

You fractious, wayward, ill-tempered girl,
What monstrous, insults at me your hurl!
I inconstant in affection? Look to your soul
In deep reflection.
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352.
Riff On A Walk On A Scottish Beach

Proof of Life

The detritus and flotsam of the scouring sea
The roiling mountains of the collapsing scree;
Litters the oceans rolling towards me,
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353.
My Love Dies With Me When I Die

My loves dies with me when I die;
Her image fades as does my eye;
I, her painter, her life recorder,
Who chronicled her sins in order;
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354.
1941

My cousin, Hartmut, God curse his soul,
Got me in this stinking hole,
Guarding prisoners in the Camp
Who smell of shit and mud and damp;
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355.
The White Ship (38)

(38) What She Said

'I wish you were just a simple fella,
An average guy, the head bank teller;
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356.
The Oaten Bride (4)

The dagger planted in the Earth
By Oaten Lord at his birth
Points a shadow with its tongue
To show the Bride the wedding’s done.
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357.
To A Poetess I Loved Before

Ah my dear, my eternal bride,
If love is timeless, why do you hide
And who’s that sleeping next to you,
Time’s gone awry and has lost a screw;
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358.
The Evil

The Evil often die in bed
A comfy pillow under head;
Surrounded by life-fawning friends,
Self-righteous to the very end.
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359.
The Oaten Bride (6)

Her hair is oaten like her cloak
Her supple limbs gleam in the smoke;
On her head an oaten crown
Formed of stalks woven round
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360.
Old Adam In His Eden

She fell while gardening
In the yard,
And came before
The Throne of God: ;
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