Morgan Michaels Poems

The alarm clock rang:
'so get up' sang
the peerless voice
in its lunar case;
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MM opening bills. Diotima lolls nearby. She smokes.

MM Diotima-
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'Everything's spinning, '
complained the Sun, 'or worse! '
'Only in your head, ' replied
the Universe.
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My grip upon the silken cord grows weak
I long as much to linger as to flee
(as if my ruined wings would carry me)
Have I been here a moment or a week?
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Dream, what are you, you look familiar.
Why am I chasing you? Do you even know I exist?
Zig to my zag, zag to my-
You make me dizzy, so I keep my eye steady
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Where is the lovely dolphin
I used to swim beside?
We toured the sparkling grottos
or drifted with the tide
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City where the hills recede
land at the horizons' end
what saint or poet did you breed
oh Enna.
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Never confuse
what is moral to believe
with what is useful:
You will find yourself
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In trutina mentis dubio
Fluctuant contraria
Lascivous amor et pudicitia
Sed eligo quod video
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