Extras.

All is fair in love and war
let's talk about those
not touched by love or war
not burning red or being distressed
withering slowly maybe, at best
bystanders in crash and burns
grey suits on sidewalks
corners in crowd shots
silhouettes against stray windows
backs of heads in waiting queues
dark shapes in back seats
bulk numbers in stock surveys
those we don't watch
those who don't see and don't care
All is not fair
and they are not in love or at war
they, like the rest of everyone
just are.

let's talk about you and me
being extras in screenplays.

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Quote Unquote

Things I wrote and set afloat
paper notes in paper boats
about rain coats and rain quotes
Things I rewrote to out vote
Misquotes and foot notes
about turncoats and scapegoats
Things I overwrote to denote
anecdotes and key notes
about undercoats and overcoats
Things I wrote
that kept me afloat
as I typewrote
things on to paper notes.

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Dropping by sites during Midnight Frost.

Whose posts these are I think I know.
This site is in the beta though;
they will not see me stopping here
cause I'm doing this incognito.

My Google log must think it queer
for the hits without any reason clear
between fast rap and brazen drake
the most boring night of the year.

It gives me a captcha to take
To ask if there was some mistake.
the only other sound's the bleep
that jay-z songs on censors make.

I have files to go before I sleep.
Yet I choose to sit here and weep,
like a weirdo creep,
like a weirdo creep.

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Rebel Yell.

Basic math gives a simple reckoner
the who of it doesn't matter at all.
push enough people into a corner
and someone will break a wall.

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Single shot of hard reason.

Worried wrecked lonely
happy bored or tired
can't at all be treated
with a cocktail
alcohol isn't the
shaken not stirred solution
to your latent feelings
what you are feeling
is latent alcoholism.

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Return and Refund.

I saw you today
in your brand new jacket
this is not your coat
the lapels, too broad
the buttons, too big
the cut is all wrong
too hard, too long
no doubt made for someone
desperate to look strong
honey
its arrogance
is an ugly color on you
and it's not even that cold.

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Evasive tactics.

I don't deny
that I owe you an explanation
all I can say is
thank you for being big enough
not to ask
and
sorry for being small enough
to not tell you.

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