Mark Heathcote Poems

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531.
Heredity Vampires

There are ravens wanting to pickoff your bones
Because they sense a glint of gold and unworn
Leather on the bottom of your Italian soles
They've no regret you've passed on, don't mourn
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532.
A Pleasurable Paradise

O, I could cry to travel to Tír na nÓg
or a mythical island like Avalon
but I've only got to see you smile
and I'm rooted ankle-deep in a peat bog
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533.
Hinterland

Until you know where I'm standing,
until you know where I'm waiting,
until you know where I'm waving from
till these shadows take your hand
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534.
Is It A U-Turn

Is it a U-turn to go back and forth and forgive?
How does it work -this going full circle?
Will it meet with the winner's enclosure?
There's always a cul-de-sac of emotions.
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535.
A Curtain Is Closing

Sorry to say, a curtain is closing.
Wish, like a bullet, it'd ricochet?
Bounce back from night to day,
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536.
Let's Get That Spotlight Off

Let's get that light off
I don't understand their love or hate.
I don't understand why they holler or vent
I don't understand their adoration or their animosity
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537.
The Final Chapter Isn't Yet Written

The final chapter isn't yet written
There is always time for revision
Whatever blunders are unbidden
The answer is just an apparition
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538.
Off-Course

I've been watching the moon,
Ever since I fell in love with you
Realizing my heart isn't immune
From stumbling over going eschew
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539.
Star-Crossed Lovers

Vocally, you are a dream
With a baritone voice on the phone
But visually, I could drown
Eyeing your James Dean looks, your blue-eyed pouts
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540.
I Confess I Loved Him More Than I Loved Myself

I confess I loved him more than I loved myself
Never wanted to be left on the shelf
Never -wanted to be second best
Never -wanted to cry alone.
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