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We End
And there you were, sulking in the corner of my mind A drink, a drink to salve old wounds Saying old sooths, with still beating hearts At last down at the center of you And old keys not rescinded out of tired locks Branches of a network never lost Let slip the bittersweet delights, in the corner of my eye A chain, a chain to rattle up old ghosts Poltergeists, with the hands of grandfathers Bitterly turning still and soft And old hills not made for perishing Roots and heaps an

Paul Clive
Apr 132 min read


How's It Hurting?
Please dumb it down for me I'm tired of playing Pretending I have any clue what I'm doing What's going on? How's it hurting? Hands over...

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Unmake Me Now
Unmake me In darkness discreet In sacred shadow In secret flames Undone Punctuated breaths Reaching equilibrium Between life and death...

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Vermilion
Bring it down Like fire on my tongue In places deeper Oblivion Vermilion In velvet flames Dancing darkness Invading veins Colors running...

Paul Clive
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Simulacrum
Weeping at the edge of the river Meet me at the mountain pass Running over-eager fingers Through this tangled traveling matte Jaws...

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Be Kind, Rewind
The Rewound Heart Bleeding backwards Into a dying sun Waning crescent Descending crescendo Cascading energetic cycles Data still backing...

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Ready to Fall
Like a ton of bricks Like a waterfall Like an avalanche Just say the word I gather my dry heart Like sticks primed for the kindling I...

Paul Clive
Feb 8, 20231 min read


Origami Heart
Origami Heart Too bright beyond these gates Collecting dust I can see the light Feel the warmth Taste the earth Head held down...

Paul Clive
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Loam Behold
LOAM Minutes run backward Scatter and skedaddle Straddling midnight hell bent Back way far past the one My eyes have been kept open Past...

Paul Clive
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Perhaps Not
Feeling pretty done with Summer... Tired of the heat Craggy arid landscape You can look out over what is left And see where water ran...

Paul Clive
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Without Further Ado
All these unnecessary plateaus Every one of these I can't let goes Stop gap and pass through How I wished you'd fall for me Without...

Paul Clive
Jun 10, 20221 min read


Carbohydrates
First fool day of April. Admittedly unsure of what to make of this. Written under the influence. No average joes allowed. Broken pieces...

Paul Clive
Apr 2, 20222 min read


Pursuant
Say less Pursuant Pursuing a sound Windswept Constant Melodies that echo down A sheltered shadowed place Chambers twist like valves A...

Paul Clive
Mar 25, 20222 min read


Disintegrate
If I could explain it I wouldn't be here again With these colors in my hand And these words on canvases If I could remember I'd find my...

Paul Clive
Feb 25, 20221 min read


Observation
If there's anything physics teaches us it's that the very act of measuring something, of observing it, of discovery itself, changes...

Paul Clive
Jan 7, 20222 min read
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