Bob Marcacci





 





 
 
her words are unfamiliar          impossible
 to be more than what they are
 a gray area in the language
 in the song
 her voice reaches
 touches
 here where we lie          listen
 to a fragment that sounds
 comes back when you hear it
 
 music          what you say
 if you are incredibly sad
 there is no other way to see
 her singing
 seducing to a whisper
 left wanting the song to go on because it ends
 with her voice
 i can almost feel


 




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tweak on wet grass
 in electric AM neon
 signs teach this flicker in language
 which names buildings
 sweet pink
 cool blueblink
 i think
 therefore i sink
 into this dew-drink
 electro-animal
 in my phosphorescent stink
 abed in my buzz and glassine preen
 
 i lick myself!
 
 geek on the grass green lawn
 spawn of walt's beautiful
 uncut hair of graves
 and a broken letter
 i taste the warm light if i can








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 the geologic
 
 will be be considered important        the formation was
 a subduction zone
 awkward in that it would seperate along
 the west coast
 a sedimentary rock that was eroded
 probably a surf zone
 and wave action worked
 on the unconformity
 the seas were in a regressive state
 regression continues
 
 





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 again along warm streets              peopled
 with lonely faces in sad light
 who will not be here
 
 rise                in a tired world
 follow as they wander home
 while their shadows circle
 
 some know they will meet
 where stars begin               fade
 turn again toward their doorway
 
 





 
 
 
 
Bob Marcacci is a San Francisco State University graduate and native Californian presently living and writing
in Beijing, China,  his poems have appeared in many print and electronic publications around the world.
Recent work has appeared in Dirt, Dusie, Issues, Moria and Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry. He has published
four e-books and one chapbook. Also, Bob hosts the International Literary Open Mic every Wednesday evening
at The Bookworm in Beijing.
 





 
 
 

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