This one feels a little unfinished, with some mixed metaphor; I may revisit this. I am going to avoid free verse next week and try a few different established forms.<\/p>\n
—<\/p>\n
oil smells
\nsliding across an empty parking lot
\nthe night chilling
\nthrough clothes<\/p>\n
singing means to comfort
\nand rebuild the toppled ramparts of pride
\nfly a new flag<\/p>\n
but in this vast atom
\na particle
\na-buzz
\nforgettable in the din and shine of electrons
\nswarming<\/p>\n
Envious of energy
\nShrug shoulders into pockets
\nKick pebbles and watch them collide<\/p>\n
Between is only air
\nBetween is the sky<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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I am going to avoid free verse next week and try a few different established forms. — oil smells sliding across an empty parking lot the night chilling through clothes singing means to comfort and rebuild the toppled ramparts of pride […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p73iP8-aY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112,"url":"http:\/\/www.steelbuddha.net\/?p=112","url_meta":{"origin":680,"position":0},"title":"The heart of rock and roll is still beating.","date":"4\/22\/2004","format":false,"excerpt":"More on this thread between Bjorn and the world of rock, somethingawful chimes in. 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