D. J. Reddall

Joined June 2022

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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.

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Diabolus in Musica
The naïve observer will mistake this For a scene of diabolical crime But this is not a cruel bite; a kiss Would better characterize this strange time
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Postprandial
We spend the present Living uncomfortably With what the past costs
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Flight Path
Perspectival contingency, you see Finds an entire world in one brief word Or in a coffee cup, a roiling sea Point-of-view shapes and defines the world
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Glass Hours
Passing time must be History’s greatest and most Discreet assassin
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Inkwells
Those who do you wrong Provide you with raw material For splendid stories
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Screen Time
The afternoons are fly-buzz drowsy now The fans ignore us and, bored, turn away; To lift this leaden heat, we know not how
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Rota Fortunae
How proximal we are to this old scene Though our page in the book of time seems new Still do we brook abuses most obscene
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Consider the Source
When I am told that The self is just a fiction I wonder who spoke
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Castitas Est Virtus
“I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.” -- Mae West The quest for purity is folly pure We are born wailing in blood and feces
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Mature Reflection
Know your enemy Understand everything Reveal the mirror
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Under the Influence
The current theory Is that they destroyed themselves Because of their myths
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets
Pater Familias
Beware the indiscriminate father For he could well mistake you for his child And, while insisting that it is no bother
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Poets