{"id":11038,"date":"2015-12-30T19:40:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T17:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=11038"},"modified":"2015-12-30T19:40:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T17:40:16","slug":"poems-by-a-j-huffman-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/egophobia.ro\/?p=11038","title":{"rendered":"poems by A.J. Huffman"},"content":{"rendered":"

I Dream in Breathless<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

night.\u00a0 My body<\/p>\n

smothered in darkness,<\/p>\n

radiates a solid that should not be.<\/p>\n

I struggle against invisible<\/p>\n

ropes more stagnant than my skin,<\/p>\n

inhale the smoke generated<\/p>\n

by imaginary friction.<\/p>\n

Sadly, I know there is no hope<\/p>\n

of bursting into salvatory flames.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

A Fly Buzzed<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

and then it died.\u00a0 Its last moments<\/p>\n

erupting with inebriated burst<\/p>\n

of champagne from the glass I left<\/p>\n

on the counter.\u00a0 I smiled as I watched it<\/p>\n

wobble, teeter on rim, free-fall<\/p>\n

to marble-countered doom.\u00a0 I imagine<\/p>\n

how wonderful to tip a toast in that final<\/p>\n

instant, before it all goes to Hell.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Merchant of Death is Dead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

the headline screamed, mistaking Alfred<\/p>\n

for his brother, doubling his grief.\u00a0 This forced<\/p>\n

moment of retrospection changed history.<\/p>\n

Inventor and manufacturer of dynamite was reborn<\/p>\n

as philanthropist, poured blood-tainted fortune<\/p>\n

into hope for the future, created Peace<\/p>\n

Prizes.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

I Am Living<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

with ghosts of a yesterday<\/p>\n

I do not remember.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

My mind is a labyrinth of half-<\/p>\n

formed lies, has confused fantasy<\/p>\n

& reality, has merged them<\/p>\n

into dream-like stature.\u00a0 Too enticing,<\/p>\n

I fall through its ephemeral<\/p>\n

embrace, land face-forward<\/p>\n

on the concrete of a bitter today.<\/p>\n

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