Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!i2pn.org!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery) Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.poems Subject: Re: Coil. / Will Dockery Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2025 11:34:58 +0000 Organization: novaBBS Message-ID: References: <8iidnaUSQsvWWVn6nZ2dnZfqn_GdnZ2d@giganews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="840011"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="Vf9CM7g99yqfGvzEHTw0bhrjcIfvzYBBhUuRma0rLuQ"; User-Agent: Rocksolid Light X-Rslight-Posting-User: acd0b3e3614eaa6f47211734e4cbca3bfd42bebc X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 X-Rslight-Site: $2y$10$pyrGSxJkjrPSdoU5xl0NwecXH2NexODBZLrQ7D2TY3mCsHvVopXum On Sun, 2 Mar 2025 20:44:04 +0000, MummyChunk wrote: >> Ironywaves wrote: > >> Coil >> >> This coil of pain >> memory burns >> with flashing image >> and haunting misses. >> >> Distinct dream vision >> mixed up with consciousness >> train seems right on top of me >> conductor has an agenda. >> >> Only the gods see beyond this veil >> I've seen those eyes >> red blazing and shaking. >> >> No time to think, >> no desire to. >> >> There seems to be a wide awake >> slow ride >> consciousness carries >> stretches through these years >> these days... this minute. >> >> As if the night could purify >> rather than corrupt >> my reptilian hands >> my repetition in signs. >> >> -Will Dockery (2003) > > Here is a Will Dockery gem > > > This is a response to the post seen at: > http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=657979739#657979739 (Poem revised and updated.) Again, thanks for reading and for the endorsement, MC. 😏