Re: Coil. by Will Dockery

On Mon, 17 Mar 2025 21:38:58 +0000, MummyChunk wrote:

Will Dockery wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 20:44:04 +0000, MummyChunk wrote:

Ironywaves wrote:

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Coil
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This coil of pain
memory burns
with flashing image
and haunting misses.
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Distinct dream vision
mixed up with consciousness
train seems right on top of me
conductor has an agenda.
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Only the gods see beyond this veil
I've seen those eyes
red blazing and shaking.
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No time to think,
no desire to.
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There seems to be a wide awake
slow ride
consciousness carries
stretches through these years
these days... this minute.
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As if the night could purify
rather than corrupt
my reptilian hands
my repetition in signs.
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-Will Dockery  (2003)

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Here is a Will Dockery gem

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Thanks again for finding this out one, MC, it gave me the opportunity to
revise and update the poem for inclusion in my Shadowville Mythos poetry
blog.

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Good to hear!!

Here's the Shadowville Mythos poetry blog, of you haven't seen it yet:
https://shadowville-mythos.blogspot.com/2023/03/on-mulberry-drive.html?m=1

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