Shallow Moments
Back and forth
and back again
we go
and go
and go
from one task
to another
without a moment
to spare
until all I want
is to pause
just
for a second
to close my eyes
and breathe
Gideon’s Challenge
Gideon’s Challenge – Margit
Margit
Again and again
scenes are
murmured
in my ear
of cruelty
via selfishness
in one
given so many
opportunities
to learn
to change
and I have never
been so happy
to listen
as she dies
in the end…
Although I really think she should’ve been eaten by the zombies.
Slowly.
Ref: Magrit in Nick Clausen’s Cadaver series
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Gideon’s Challenge – Seeking Silence
Seeking Silence
I want
to be there
where the
treeline
thins out
to rough terrain
and the
temperatures drop
as it begins
to become hard
to breathe
and cell signals
taper off
to nothing
but quiet
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Gideon’s Challenge – The Silence
The Silence
How is it
in a room
full of people
we can feel
so alone
even
as they speak
and smile
touch
and hug
it only makes
that moment of
desolate
solitude
more acute
than before
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Gideon’s Challenge – Impossible Standards
Impossible Standards
I wish
my housekeeper
was better
at her job
and yet
I can’t really
complain
too much
as she works
for pennies
and
at least
I’m not
doing the work
in her stead
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Gideon’s Challenge – Resistance
Resistance
The head shop
is a museum
full of cute
and pretty things
that I’m not
allowed to have
because
I have
no use for them
but that
doesn’t stop me
from melting
when I find
something
so cute
it’s hard to resist
Twisting the Leaf 