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Best Poems From
LAURENCE OVERMIRE
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No Shield for Perseus
Medusa pulled out a corporate face
To cover the snakes
Coiling and hissing out the
Sides of her head
The Armani fit her so well
But then
She always looked good
In black
The tie strapped around her neck
Was a bit uncomfortable
A small price to pay to lick the nape
Of Power
Behind a mahogany desk on a
Penthouse floor
With the polish of shoes and belts and that
Gucci Gucci Goo
She welcomed her victims
Promises of riches to convince them of
Their selfless worth, One
Look in her cold, inviting eyes and
They knew
Seduced to do her bidding
Their hearts tragically turned
To stone.
(Previously published in Nasty, Sept.2003)
Laurence Overmire
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Nuclear Fission
Most of what makes me
What I am
I am
Ignorant of
Not understanding
Much of anything
About the mind
The body
The spirit
How can I pretend
Then how
Can anyone
To take this vast uncertainty
And claim it be the absolute
Truth.
(Previously published in Boloji, Apr 2003)
Laurence Overmire
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On the Bottom Shelf
the poet's words lay
dried-up in a book
untouched, unsung
how he wished he had the power
to give music to the song
the unheard symphony
that pounded on the strings
of his heart
no fingers to key
the silent instrument
that refused to be mastered.
(Previously published in Poetfest Anthology, Summer 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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Opening the Blind
I am. Today. At last.
A new me
Opens his eyes
The first light of morning breaks
The long night is over.
The past is past
Informing
Infusing my lifes blood with wisdom
Those who have deceived
Those who have hurt
Those who have betrayed
Are banished
This day.
Those who love
Those who give
Those who know
These I embrace
And invite
On a road not taken.
The future beckons
With possibility. And challenge.
But the present. Ah, Today. Now. This moment.
I breathe
The deep breath of being.
This day. This time.
Time
Is mine.
(Previously published in Ascent Magazine, Winter 2000)
Laurence Overmire
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