J.M. Hall
3 poems
Oct. 9th, Continental Bakery
Joshua luxuriates in lone mercy
of sun’s blockage by concrete
light pole, betraying its purpose
illuminant, for nuovo luciferous.
Scoots his chair in the widening
gyre of day, a respirating sundial,
as home-star spirals down the stalk,
plasmatic fireperson dying for earth.
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Sept. 26th, Panache Café
Two faded brick walls
ivy-spackled, skeletal
crossed by simple lights
which flicker unplugged
in winds-blown sunlight.
Beneath brief canopy of
frizzy coiled greenest tree,
busy sipping joshua dioxide.
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Jan. 16th, Surviving Saturday to Next
Ever expanding chorus of joyful
beauties, grown garden bursting
around joshua with uncountable
delights. Shining faces, strong
angles, charm flexed to strike
where songs return. Restless
abiding somehow in the Magic
City, in this perma-warm winter.