Chad M. Horn
dove seeking freedom prisoner in dark cathedral shadows
desperately trying to escape silent suffocating presence of god
bloody wings flying again and again against stained glass
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fed up with bullshit job and boring conventional life
with second marriage paying child support and credit card debt
ready to run away and join circus or start writing poetry
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shaking hands grasping tavern’s last call beer
soon going home hoping alcohol numbs the brain
not put gun in closed mouth and say hello to god
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graduate school late nighters and early morning hitters
for fucking bullshit demands of master’s thesis and oral exam
before discovering beauty of life writing poetry
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coffee shop barista talking about next chapter in life
suddenly ideas for success and steady routines becoming boring
time for loud music partying and chasing thrilling life on edge
t. kilgore splake (“cliffs dancer”) currently lives in a tamarack location old mining row house in the ghost copper mining village of calumet in michigans’s upper peninsula. splake has become a legend in the small press literary circles for his writing ad photography.
for people interested in learning additional information about splake’s photography and his writings they can connect with his computer site tksplake.com.
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