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#972378 added January 8, 2020 at 8:11pm
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For Diane, Who Once Supported My Vision (RIP Idealism)
I have perfect, adjusted vision yet I'm legally blind, you see...

Return of Idealism (Unbarred)?

You know what I miss more than hope and
Much less than ambition?
Idealism
And the notion you can achieve dreams
So long as they align with
Those who could stand in your way.

You know what I could do without?
Far less than carbs sticking to these ribs?
Way more than corporations
Tracking my every movement
Through every 'smart' device?
Social media
What a tool -- clicked, liked
Transparently forming self-actualization until
Your crypto-world deemed
Worthless.

You know what I desire/like/miss
(Check all that apply)?
Simple
Climbing trees for red, juicy,
Mouthwatering harvest; nurturing
Replenishing, sustaining life.
Rebuild the legs,
Restore the heart,
Atrophy a mind plundered.

Could you just be my friend?

Reach for my hand across
This unknowable abyss.
See blue eyes gleam, not jaded;
Full, reflecting -- a bridge
Strong enough to hold both of us;
If you trust,
If your heart can be pure, again,
If you will just dream like me.

Who's the influencer now (yes/no)?

We can pull away from that realm,
Crumbling like molten rock
Into the unknowable chasms
Of a million helpless souls
(No chance to swim across)?
Restore
Vision
See
It's a notion --
Compartmentalized thought
Spilling over into the cubicles
Of division implored we not bound,
Ascend.


-- The Categorized (from Dreamless Heart Still Swimming A Raging, Relentless Sea)
Autobiography doesn't exist (dead link)
         And more things I'll think up for you to ignore, since I'm not going extinct like the 'Others'
(First 'poem' of 2020)
DEBATE ME!

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