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[sid] => 177504
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Moonlighting
[time] => 2014-01-01 07:09:56
[hometext] => fat cats, rat race, human grace
[bodytext] => Half beam Fingers nimble, the child branded garments weaves Above a crescent gleams beyond the whispering leaves A credit to fullness or a debit to the dark? Purnima and amavasya - the human struggles to spark No lullaby for her soft ears has her mother sung , wiser than old this one so young Sold in distant lands - work for others such gold spun Yet she has a smile that will see her through On her forehead Siva the moon drew She will arise despite the mercenary lies He will with glut die like the flies ******************************************* Full Beam The moon hung at the street corner - buxom full - no sliver this looker Perched atop a street light - this satellite aloof, no pole dancing hooker As if to say ‘I am twice as bright - it’s Celene in the limelight’ Moonstruck mortals pause their fight to savour her delight Above those shady deals, a witness with no squeal to reveal Tyres hot like funeral pyres, dead of night scene to conceal While suburbia domestic drugged with sky tv sleeps Kerb crawl the high corporate johnnie creeps ********************** [comments] => 2 [counter] => 89 [topic] => 41 [informant] => saramic [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => political )
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