This pool of dark
water that has
no visible
reflection
yet a thousand
landscapes
and pliable boundaries
amid rubber faces
elastic as memory
yet less forgiving
this vast pool
of thoughts
I dive into
to dream
keeps you
long gone still
alive with me always.
On a raft that cannot sink
with only the sun to
be seen in each other's eyes
under a sky void of moons
or stars but its vultures
keep watch with prescient
menace oblivious
to our love, our hopes
despair when
we part until we or
I in closing
eyes again
see nothing.
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Void of Moods
by Rp Verlaine
Rp Verlaine lives in New York City.
He has an MFA in creative writing from City College.
He taught in New York Public Schools for many years.
His first volume of poetry- Damaged by Dames
& Drinking was published in 2017, and another – Femme Fatales
Movie Starlets & Rockers in 2018. A set of three e-books
titled Lies From The Autobiography vol 1-3 were published from
2018 to 2020. His newest book, Imagined Indecencies,
was published in February 2022. He was nominated for a
Pushcart prize in poetry in 2021 and 2022.
