you should have never

you should have never set me free

for now i'm flying recklessly

and weave new roads from symetry

a tangled dark geometry


you should have never sewn me wings

for i have stolen sacred things

and crossed the paths of clumsy kings

who yield their crowns to hear me sing


you must have known that i was wild

a reckless feckless freckled child

when tossed among the ranks and files

of royalty and scarlet styles


you should have never set me free

for i have bargained honesty

and released all modesty

consuming generosity




douglas brent smith


 

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No One Expected Moses

  No One Expected Moses -- collage by douglas brent smith 4 August 1983