June 2022
Bio Note: I was born in New York, grew up in California, last studied in Texas, and worked in Florida. I've returned to the seaside and redwoods of the Golden State to pursue music, radio, translation, and poetry. My odd lyric lives at moriapoetry.com (chapbooks) and at a personal google webpage. I've recently published the volume Designs (cyberwit, 2022).
Seaside Advice
Oh dear friend,
You should shun
the deceptions of the ocean.
Reject the Sisyphus
of eternal tides.
Wave goodbye to rides
out and back in again.
Act as if pride were
the special portion of potion
of your rectified reception
in the sea of being
yourself.
The Position
We curl up in the fetal position
not to fend off fear and trembling
or existential dread
but for its having been declared
the optimum stance for sleeping
fine way to foster
slumber the lumber to frame
and to furnish floorplans for
dream homes
the oneiric playpens to finish
where a beautiful happiness
can so happen
and the-not-so-much the same
and lively activities still obtain
even after dead
©2022 Charles A. Perrone
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