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easychair
.
squandered time,
wasted hours;
moments lost
in a drowsy blink.
.
life passes
while you
consider
gentler paths.
.
come sit
for a while
in my easy
chair.
Copyright ©2026 Mike Clements, writing as M. Clements. Al...
timepiece
.
there is
a particular
and comforting
sound;
.
brass pendulum
running a precise course
behind frosted glass,
its movements
.
echoing through
dark, polished wood
of a grandmother
clock
.
who waited
years to sound
ju...
Chapter 15: A Long Night’s Ride
Intrigue, exile, and the cost of survival.
Intrigue, exile, and the cost of survival.
the society of the lost
.
it’s not true
what they say about addicts
they don’t die
.
destitute,
alone in soggy cardboard boxes;
a dirty needle their only companion.
.
well;
actually, they do;
but not just there.
.
they die in suburban homes,
o...
secret journals
.
dusty notebook
covered in
rubble of
years past.
inside, tattered poems, forgotten dreams of a man
.
so many details
too intimate for
even my eyes
but to rush
apologetically through their passions
.
private words
of lo...
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