Pour in
Pour in
Pour in
Displace and replace
Like storm clouds into a peaceful sky
A shout into a quiet room
A tragedy into a dull day
Or common sense into an otherwise Republican mind
Pour in like the sun pours in
On a winter morning
Through a window shielded only by bare trees
And upon my pillow to kiss me
Pour in like a suicide
In a small town
Playing dominoes
In the hearts of every neighbor
Pour in over coffee and ice creme
Pour in over every memory and every dream
Pour in over a lifetime of miseries and every obscene
Gesture and every unclean
Thought that my minds eye has ever seen
Pour in
And fill me up
Push out
All these demons in my mind
Push out the people that no one loves
Who love the art that no one looks at
Which is devoid of emotion or technical skill
But belongs to the student and future master
Push out fear
Hiding in an apple
Hiding in a basket
Hiding in a horse stable
And push out the one thing I have left
Beyond the clutter of my mind
And all the nonsense that chatters
Push me out.
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