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The Nightingale’s Plight
When your passion departs
in a New York minute
and love loses its meaning
When dreams get chewed
and spit onto a window
for the entire world to see
When memories but serve
as invitation to oblivion
you sulk like a mangy dog
When starvation is nothing
compared to the prospect
of never embracing again
When pleasure disappears
because of your freefall
and life becomes mundane
When hopes plunge
through a steel night sky
and all you can do is cry
When once steady trust
seems like wet linguini
flung against a black wall
When flowers won’t grow
although you plant seeds
water and fertilize well
When your rainbows fade
overloaded with dismay
and squandered good will
When out of the blue
truth emerges and thrusts
a dagger into your heart
About the Author: Thomas Piekarski is a former editor of the California State Poetry Quarterly. His poetry has appeared in such publications as The Journal, Poetry Salzburg, Modern Literature, The Museum of Americana, South African Literary Journal, and Home Planet News. His books of poetry are Ballad of Billy the Kid, Monterey Bay Adventures, Mercurial World, Aurora California, and Opus Borealis.
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