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poetry of jesse wilesfortieth year - 3
it was my fortieth year to heaven when the flange echoed and a voice and a bass guitar and a snare the ironic sting of the truth turned to self assertion
don't miss your boat it's leaving now
and here i will spread my wings yes i will call this home i have no time to justify to you fool you're blind move aside for me all i can say to you my new neighbor is you must move on upon these pour souls i'll build heaven and call it home
it was my fortieth year to heaven when my children every constraint opened the world of possibility by snatching my will from the demon clutches of self-interest mirrored every disgusting appearance with love and acceptance and trust and then maybe you hear a thing about a pen a simple stupid pen that explodes every illness ruptures disease with a minor understanding that trust comes from trust
you can't break that which isn't yours i'm not my own it's not my choice
it was my fortieth year to heaven woke to my hearing in the buzzing song of one more beautiful than words can describe a young boy whose young years i scarcely recall grown to this man my brother and i the vassal elder tied at the heart never ever leave
it was my fortieth year to heaven when august and everything after shattered the sky and here i stop for a moment in the sorry tearful recognition that i simply do not have enough time to write the love poems to every ear which deserves my attention
so blessed so ridiculously blessed
this is how she moves hardly letting you snatch a breath before unloading a new exhilaration into your glowing jewel
it was my fortieth year to heaven when it became clear that every moment till the end of moments will be spent in the waltz across texas sacred lumpy heartland
it was my fortieth year to heaven when my fingers longed for their home on ivory keys yearned for the expression those early years stupidly assumed would always be there
and he told me that i'd done alright and he kissed me till the morning light
and i might have been a girl and may before i pass i know the touch of you my piano angel