Can We?
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
Can we go away?
Can we come back again?
Can we follow a common thread
To all the oceans
Of the world?
This is my prayer
Even though
I don’t
Pray
Anymore..
You are my species
But I don’t get this
Cliff
Anymore
This unraveling thread
This multitude
Of
Marginal
Polluted
Rivers
Can we go away?
Can we...
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All The Decisisions

copyright 2026 by Michael Walker



I can’t remember

I can’t decide

The trees above me

Are making

All

The decisions

The bare blue

Framework above me

Is making

All

The decisions

As I plod on

In slushy

Melting

Gravity

Some dome above me

Is making

All

The decisions

I can’t remember

I can’t decide

Got conveniently lost

On my way

To the...
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Muse
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I tried to find you
You were not there
I searched in bars
Movie theaters
Book stores
You were not there
I have reached the end of this journey
Lost frightened
You are not there
I wish you well
My implacable muse
But you are not
Here…
Muse
copyright 2026 by Michael Walker
I tried to find you
You were not there
I searched in bars
Movie theaters
Book stores
You were not there
I have reached the end of this journey
Lost frightened
You are not there
I wish you well
My implacable muse
But you are not
Here…

Dichotomy

copyright 2026 by Michael Walker


I thought you were

A flower

You thought you were

A shadow

I thought you were

A diamond

You thought you were

A coal chute

I thought you were

A dancer

You thought you were

A cripple

I thought you were

A scholar

You thought you were

The village idiot

We played this stupid game

Back and forth

For...
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A Found Poem From Roger Ebert


(1) You clean and clean, but there’s still blood all over the place; (2) You know you have committed a murder, but you are not sure quite how or why; (3) You know you have forgotten a small detail that will eventually get you into a lot of trouble…

There are a lot of monsters that could be added...
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George Sanders

copyright 2026 by Michael Walker


“Dear world

I am leaving

Because I am bored”

Said

George Sanders

To

The

Village

Of

The Damned

He took his

Grand

Piano

Outside

And

Smashed it

With

An axe

His heart…

He checked into a hotel

In Castelldefels

And did his sacrament

Of

Nembutal.. .

“I am leaving you

With your

Worries

In this sweet

Cesspool…”


Good...
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The Queen

copyright 2026 by Michael Walker


Regally

She surrenders

Her white

Spinnaker

A sail

Of

Sighs


Regally

She surrenders

Her red hair

A fire

A siege

Of Troy


Regally

She surrenders

Her baubles

In

Her

Sensous

Mouth


Regally

She surrenders

The invaders

Have

Breached

Her

Wall

The flood

Comes

Out


Regally

She

Surrenders…


And

Rules again