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Renato N. Mascardo, 11 sierpnia 2018

Elijah's Lament

hearth cake and water

pursued
by ahab
and jezebel prophet
elijah ended up in the
desert

thirsty
hungry tired and
so unlike job he asked
his lord to end it all under
the broom

tree with
a noosed rope but
gabe the angel smacked him with its
wing and

said you
are a man not
a mayfly elijah
you need to climb horeb so eat
and drink

grumbling
he complained what
am i a horse that drinks
water i prefer ale or wine
so gabe

smacked him
again and he
ate the hearth cakes drank the
water and slept under the shrub
until

gabe smacked
him a third time
with its trumpet this time
shouting wake up sluggard and go
to the

mountain
already for
the lord has things to do
other than waiting for you there
as a

burning
bush and so
the prophet went to the
mountain because the mountain won't come to the
prophet//

renato
friday 10 august 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 4 sierpnia 2018

exodus and le boulanger

first red ribbon

each dawn
bar Sabbath day
flakelets fell upon the
ground bewildered we asked manna
manna

meaning
what what without
knowing we could eat them
til one baked bread eaten on the
sabbath//

renato
saturday 4 august 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 3 sierpnia 2018

Poem of Being

habagat

ah the
southwest wind brings
thunderclaps and raindrops
playing staccato notes keenly
upon

the roof
it's been awhile
since i have savored the
vapors of alimuom before
the rain//

renato
3 august 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 29 lipca 2018

just being

po

strange it
sounds at first to
the ears after all the
years away back home again this
stranger

in a
strange land where age
at long last bestows a
monosyllabled title on
the old

when prose
is riddled with
honorific after
honorific it takes some getting
used to//

renato
sunday 29 july 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 30 maja 2018

alternate landing

linguae ignes

legions
upon legions
of tongues of fire flew out
from the spirit in search of the
chosen

on that
Pentecost day
most found their marks in the
city of david except for
a squad

that lost
its bearings and
entered a roomful of
cooks in caesarea perching
on the

crowns of
bewildered men
these fiery tongues flamed
out and so the shish kebab
was born//

renato
tuesday 29 may 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 19 lutego 2018

Schroedinger's Cat

yes and no

asking
whether she loves
me or not she merely
smiles in her quantum way leaving me
hanging//

renato
sunday 18 february 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 14 lutego 2018

Asymmetry

asymmetry

love when
less than requited
bears bitterness in
its wake//

renato
wednesday 14 february 2018

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Renato N. Mascardo, 20 listopada 2017

lure of the dance

terpsichore

the muse
tapped Anetand
you to share with us your
joy on the floor void now of a
bel-esprit//

renato
monday 20 november 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 21 października 2017

holy haptics

simeon

enough
enough oh lord
this babe in my arms has
heard my beating heart full of joy i can now
depart

renato
saturday 21 october 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 21 października 2017

trickster time has the last laugh

in time

has it
been that long since
our minds touched

has it
been ages since
we spoke in whispers

has it
been such a long
while since we looked at each other
and smiled

like oil
time smoothens the
the jagged edges of
the memories that we shared in
the past

but now
that you are no
longer here i wait for
memories of life without you
to smoothen
in time//

renato
friday 20 october 2017

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Renato N. Mascardo, 2 października 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 września 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 września 2017

lacrimae rerum

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 września 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 września 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 września 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 września 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 kwietnia 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 grudnia 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 października 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

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Renato N. Mascardo, 10 czerwca 2016

new day

new day

with each new day i
meet you my dear old friend i
fall in love again//

renato
thursday 09 june 2016

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Renato N. Mascardo, 15 maja 2016

sunny breezy day

sunday afternoon

robin
is strutting in
the backyard back and forth
round and round like a high-strung
cadet

blue jay
mourning dove and
blue jay are eating grain on
the grass side by side uncaring
sharing

a soft
piano piece sneaks
out of the stereo on
this day it's good to be back home
again//

renato
sunday 15 may 2016