Love is
like the inside of a glove,
a promising fit
that is ultimately hollow .
*[ WSB ].
Author: waltersboxx
My self was born XVII: XLII, Dies Lunae, XI.V.MCMLXIV at Latitude: 33-17'40'' N Longitude: 083-57'58'' W: Jackson is in Butts County, Georgia at an elevation of 705 feet. Interests include reading/writing, currently working on hodgepodge book: poetry, essays, other. Retired, Air Force. Divorced. Ephemeris heavily populated by Taurus: Sol, Luna, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter--my two daughters say--I like old things; classics, I would counter. Interests: formatting documents/tables, classical music *a pattern forms*, Shakespeare, Joyce, Jung: maybe I was born old. Sadly, I have not published anything—more critic than creator, so far. However, English major still tantalized by math.
Fairies
Oak, ash and thorn
Is where fairies are born .
They flutter and flit,
And on mushrooms they sit .
In air they waltz aglow,
The dust falls like snow .
*[ WSB ].
Tréyes
Three :
Space enclosed by geometry,
Land from the sea .
Space enclosed by geometry,
Land from the sea .
*[ WSB ].
Cleans the air.
The naris vestibule is lined with hairs
That trap some large dust particles from air .
Septum and conchae increase the surface
Area and give airflow turbulence,
Increasing the odds that air will contact
The mucous membrane of the nasal tract,
Ciliated epithelial columns
With mucous secreted by the goblets .
The mucous layer traps the air debris,
And cilia sweeps it posteriorly
To the pharynx then the esophagus
Then ridded by the rest of the tube in us .
That trap some large dust particles from air .
Septum and conchae increase the surface
Area and give airflow turbulence,
Increasing the odds that air will contact
The mucous membrane of the nasal tract,
Ciliated epithelial columns
With mucous secreted by the goblets .
The mucous layer traps the air debris,
And cilia sweeps it posteriorly
To the pharynx then the esophagus
Then ridded by the rest of the tube in us .
*[ WSB ].
Adagio assai from Piano Concerto in G
That flowing phrase !
How I worked over it bar by bar .
It nearly killed me !
How I worked over it bar by bar .
It nearly killed me !
— Maurice Ravel —
*[ WSB ].
Morning Song Upset
d
amn the
phlegm phlagm
about a dram
old fool
homeostasis
basin basis
design daft
updraft
tilt drain
tannin tinged
chem drool
concave spelunk
whirlpool ringing
coughing
interruption of
industrial singing
and coffee
*[ WSB ].
Linus & Lucy
Snow on the windowpane,
Wet but airy :
Brushes tapping a snare .
Blow the bass note breeze
Ostinato,
Tripping across the lake freeze .
*[ WSB ].
Indwelling
A sermon of tongues
Summoning Sophia .
Brother Scott’s children
Shuffle feet in accord,
Scuffling the church floor,
Dancing in the Spirit—
Tribal, the beat of wings .
*[ WSB ].
Queen
FLEET-FOOTED VOICE OPERATIC ,
Special Red curled through
Deacy Amp dramatic ;
Flamboyant prog pomp &
Hard rock circumstance—
Mercurial theatrics .
Deacon the text ;
May the tailoring of ready
Harmonic bombast flex
In a dance
Panned by critics ;
However, the fans outlast .
*[ WSB ].
Pituitary
Of endocrine system
That shapes the basis ;
Regulates homeostasis .In streaming blood
The hormones flood,
Responding to stimuli
Of functions gone awry .
That shapes the basis ;
Regulates homeostasis .In streaming blood
The hormones flood,
Responding to stimuli
Of functions gone awry .
Take the hypophysis :
Undergrowth
Of the hypothalamus
On infundibulum,
A pendulous bell
Beneath the third ventricle—
Antidiuretic, oxytocin,
Growth hormone and prolactin :
How much one pees,
How tall one stands,
The birth of babies,
And the milk they demand .
Dominant this
Dichotomous gland
Weighing just grams .
*[ WSB ].
Occupation : Poet . 