P O E T S ON THE LINE
a continuing anthologyFounded by Andrew Gettler & Linda Lerner
NO. 9 & 10 T H E M I L L E N N I U M I S S U E
Edited by Linda Lerner
MARTY MATZ
Time Waits
TIME WAITS
A SOMETIMES MOSSY LINE
BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND THE SEA
TIME WAITS
FOR ME ALONE
TURNING SLOWLY FROM SOUND OF BASS AND NEON SOLITUDE
TO THE TWO O'CLOCK ACHE OF WARM GREEN ON THE MOUNTAIN
TIME WAITS
AND SOMEWHERE
OUT BEYOND THE MEXICO CITY BLUES
TWO BIRD-LIKE HEARTS
BEAT THEIR WAY
FROM DREAM TO DREAM
SEARCHING
FOR A FIELD OF MUSIC
IN THE RESTLESS PALM OF ETERNITY
In Search Of Paititi
IN SEARCH OF PAITITI
THE SOUL MUST GO
BEYOND THE LAST KNOWN PORT OF CALL
ALONG A COAST OF DESERTED SEASONS
AND UNRECORDED SKIES
OUTSIDE
THE ANCIENT REALM OF TIME
THE LAST UNCONQUERED BORDER
IN THE UNDISCOVERED MOUNTAINS
OF THE MIND
A JOURNEY FOR LIFE
THAT SOMETIMES BEGINS
AT THE INSTANT OF DEATH
AS INFINITY COLLAPSES UPON ITSELF
RELINQUISHING SOVEREIGNTY
OVER THE FLESH
IN A SYSTEM
WITHIN A SYSTEM
WITHIN A SYSTEM
IN A DREAM
THAT SPIRALS TOWARD THE LIGHT
AS THE UNIVERSAL ENERGY TRANSFORMS
AND IS REFINED
MOVES FREELY BEYOND THE EDGE
OF MACROCOSMIC LIMITATIONS
AND IS AWARE
THAT ORANGE
IS BUT THE BRILLIANCE OF BLUE
MADE INCANDESCENT
IN A PIG IRON CRUCIBLE
OF MAGNETIZED CONSTELLATIONS
REFLECTING
NO ETERNAL CANCER
EXPOSING
NO GALACTIC DESTINATION
NO HORIZON OF PERFECT TRUTH
WISDOM SPEAKS BY THE GREEN LIGHT OF HUMMINGBIRDS
IN THE ARCHAIC TONGUE OF TREES
AND MANY WHO SEEK IT
ARE FOREVER LOST
IN THE LUSTROUS ACHE
OF FORGOTTEN SENSATIONS
IN CHILDHOOD DECEMBERS
IN THE BITTERSWEET TASTE
OF YESTERDAYS DISHEVELED RAINS
LOST WITHOUT EXIT
AND LOST WITHOUT HOPE
UNDER A SHADOW OF FRACTURED ECLIPSES
IN THE WINTER'S UNHARVESTED SHADE
IN SOME MARINATED ANGLE
SOME SECRET PERSPECTIVE
SOME HIDDEN TRAPEZOID
SOME MECHANIZED EQUATOR
OR OCCULTED WRINKLE
ON THE INVISIBLE LONGITUDE OF MADNESS
IN MONEY'S FROZEN SMILE
IN EXPLOSIONS OF ENDLESS EXPANSIONS
IN THE GULLEYS AND CANYONS OF TIME
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