Jan Sand Poems

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21.
The Chutzpah Proclamation

Hereby let it be known by all in sum,
In pursuit of commerce well rewarded,
I now lay claim to the entire continuum.
Let this title be officially recorded.
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22.
The Visitor

I deem it unlikely
That Christ will walk again
At the millennium,
But if this event does occur
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23.
Sister

Silent, sterile and serene,
Our sister planet Moon,
A flying desert sans camel,
Arab, oasis, vulture. Immune
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24.
Toy Victory

When teddy bears with angry stares
Come marching down the street,
One must be wise, avert one’s eyes,
Bow and be discrete.
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25.
To Mate

The doubledance of sex entrains
Reflexions of the predator
With those of submission.
Each advance of capability
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26.
The Presence Of His Absence

My son, whose eyes captured stars
And held them like silver fish
In a net of thoughts, whose mind
Spread like a hungry mist that
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27.
Mies

It was sufficient for him
To indicate height alone.
To stretch steel and glass
From pedestrian streets
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28.
Disengaged

I have lived away from New York
For almost twenty years
So that when I returned
There was, in my mind,
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29.
The Sea Of Night

In sleep I would swim
Through a surf of memory.
Small thoughts brush against my skin
Like startled fleeing fish.
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30.
Lives

In finite ease
We might find
Infinities
Could blind our mind
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