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Dark Twisted Roots of Synarchy

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Gene Stewart

Trump parallels Putin in animosity toward liberal democracy and dropping false structures.  They are rigid control freaks desperate to impose stricture via structure:  theirs.  Synarchy is their philosophy and goal:  total hierarchical control with a caste system. Dream journeys to … Continue reading →

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Folly’s Adieu

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Writing life into words afflicts some of us. It’s maddening when our best is too good for print. Like being over-qualified, I suppose. We are men of letters in an unlettered dark time. There is a basic distinction to be … Continue reading →

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Fragment of Liturgy From Hessia Abbey

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Gene Stewart

Vast is the Earth, yet so is it small. To a demon, Earth is a bauble. To one lost in a desert, Earth is a solid echo of the sky. Between those truths we live our mad scramble lives from … Continue reading →

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A Pine Knot’s Sparking Snap

Posted on August 21, 2013 by Gene Stewart

I dipped my rose into your blood To stain it with our monthly love; Unfathomable scents entwined To render us our own intoxicants. Dispelling qualms, our skin aglow In ember light, its warmth suffused With whispers shared, our smiles In … Continue reading →

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Slower, Colder, Darker: Love in the Time of Entropy

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Gene Stewart

The sky is in the water, The water is in the sky. Mountains are coming out of the water. They probe through the frost lines. The sun is shrunken and the wind expanded. We walk the reflections with our eyes … Continue reading →

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Truncated Sparrow

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Truncated Sparrow (Reflection on seeing a sparrow crushed by a tire.) Use me. Abuse me. Never try to lose me. I know you will excuse me If I go too far. I am everywhere and nowhere; I am my love’s … Continue reading →

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Swollen

Posted on August 9, 2012 by Gene Stewart

Love is a centipede Crawling on you as you sleep Enjoying all the riches found, Depleting dreams for needs, Converting lust to fodder. Love is a spider Lowered on gut thread, Entering your mouth as you sleep, Being eaten in … Continue reading →

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A Parting Apart

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Gene Stewart

After they made love As he lay sleeping She shaved her pubic hair Sewed it unwashed Into a corner of the lace handkerchief She gave him in the morning When he left for war. All that returned to her Was … Continue reading →

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