the shape
of life distorted
stumbles
an uncertain
sailor
legs wobbly
speech slurred
like lines
in the painter's
rendering
of the gray
monotone
fog of
the mind
catacombs
of the
eclipsing
dusk-dawn
heart
yelling
valve teeth
open
in the
discarded
gut twist
bile
acid
understanding
the cold
shoulder
society
nimbly
wrenchingly
presents
to the I
like a five-
-year-old
who scrawled
paint crayon
gibberish
over a
beloved
book wall
and presented
it with a joy
expected,
but not received
by cranky-eyed parents
on a searing
july-like
christmas
mourn.
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Andrew Buckner is a multi award-winning poet, filmmaker, and screenwriter. His short dark comedy/horror script Dead Air! won Best Original Screenwriter at the fourth edition of The Hitchcock Awards. Also a noted critic, and author, Buckner runs and writes for the review site AWordofDreams.com.