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Renato N. Mascardo, 2 october 2017

carnage field

carnage field

the hate
paddocked in your
deranged mind you let loose
dead dying maimed lay on the ground
but why//

renato
monday 2 october 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 26 september 2017

a parthian shot at an ex

non sequitur

please do
not when we kiss
my lips against your lips
sweet dreams call the act our late night
suction

just 'cause
you're ticklish it
still sucks//

renato
tuesday 26 september 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 25 september 2017

lacrimae rerum

let it
peep between the
lashes of your lid for
the briefest of moments but don't
hold it

back but
let it let it
brim over the edge down
the precipice that is your now
pale cheek

taste it
as it slides through
your trembling parted lips taste
the bitter saltiness of your
deep loss

let it
herald the start
the endless cascade of
grief after the numb denial
has gone

he was
you are
let what you shed
link you//

renato
monday 25 september 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 24 september 2017

in names we trust

in names we trust

there's a street in new jersey named after
her you know/ lara looked it up googled
it really/ a pusill piece of unimagined
fact/ keilana drive in wayne new jersey
it's hawaiian for adored one

I wonder what nickname nitoy would
have thought of/ his first apo/ he loved names
ending in oy and ay/ I came to be forever an atoy
he was always nitoy far back as I know/will number one
granddaughter be kay/ short a long y I wonder

it would have been nice if he thought of a pet
name it would have been fun//

renato
sunday 24 september 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 23 september 2017

love is

love is

between
two hearts love is
like learning to drive there
shall be scrapes dents and near misses
before

now and
along the way
but newness never ends
each find a wonder a skill
to love

the other
more//

renato
saturday 23 september 2017
(based on the movie learning to drive c2014)

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Renato N. Mascardo, 23 september 2017

first twilight

first twilight

two years
have passed since last
we met the yew leaves dance
with the breeze you found me again
this fall//

renato
friday 22 september 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 23 september 2017

coywolf

coywolf

there it
stood longer limbed
than the coyote bitch
that bore it gray furred standing still
alone.

renato
thursday 21 september 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 4 april 2017

katie's birthday

lauriat

hot tea in our cups
chopsticks click as tales rush forth
together we laugh.

renato
04-01-2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 26 december 2016

Sliver

sliver

i keep
hearing it the
sliver of an echo
something about your loving me
deeply

it cuts.

renato
monday 26 december 2016

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Renato N. Mascardo, 13 october 2016

Nuthatch

nuthatch

unlike
the chickadee
and titmouse that peck at
the seeds spread on the garden ground
instead

you choose
to scamper up
and down side to side the
gnarled trunk of the beech tree seeking

in the
many nooks and
pits the seeds that were
left for tiny you and your mate
white breast

grey back
and dark blue wings
are all i see before
you fly with your hoard drunkenly
away//

renato
thursday 13 october 2016