8566 The Ordinary
[by S. David][art by Donato Giancola]

But no
There’s magic
In that air
Yesterday
Was
Today
Is
Tomorrow
Will be
Think
Think
What was
Has the tinge
The tang
Of obsolete
Of quaint
Of museum
‘And we don’t
Do it that way’
‘So old school’
‘Does it even
Work’
But it was
The ordinary
Then
Not now
Probably
Not again
But what
Will
Remain
Can we conceive
Or will some
Science
Then
Be magic now

36§ [Orig 10/19/10] http://www.donatoart.com/

8783 Wish Fountain VI
[by S. David] [art by T Mikey]

Sacred symbol
Forming
An entrance
An exit
To where
Passing through
Such is life
A blink
Built on
Joy
Suffering
And the converting
Of reality
To symbols
And signs
Yes
Places life
Can hide
Behind


19§ [Orig 3/11/11]http://tmikey.com/wish/

8258 Pan Discomforting Psyche
[by S. David][art by Kris Kuksi]

Poor poor archetype
Seeking love
Seeking eternity
And Cupid’s arrow
Had struck
Amour
Amour
Constant
Inconstant
For he
So goodly
To look upon
Godly indeed
Desired
To taste her
To fill her
Indeed
And when
The deed was
Consummated
He
Why he
Would leave
For he was
Free
In truth
The very
Free-est
Of all
Beguiling
Seducing
All that was
Female
To ride his rod
Pan indeed
Discomforting
Psyche

37§ [Orig 3/25/10] http://kuksi.com/artworks/sculpture/

6141 Gaze: Lipstick
[by S. David][art by Renee Lynch]

Learning
And peer groups
Really
Show the way
The right ones
And you’re on
Your way
Life success
Maybe happiness
The wrong ones
She was
Thirteen
Lipstick
Jaded
Look and
Gaze
Cigarettes
Sex and
Drugs
A pretty picture
Yes
And you hope
She survives

23§ [Orig 7/22/07]http://renelynch.com/home.html

6849 Lady of the Lake
[by S. David][art by Clara Saprasa]

Milady in a dream
She once
Came to me
Out of a legend
Out of a now myth
And still
I dream
Try to remember
Exactly
But no
No more
Can I see clearly
My Lady
Of the Lake
Time passes
And I
Miss her …

17§ [Orig 3/02/08]http://clarasaprasa.com/

5715.2 Chicas de New York
[by S. David] [art by Flavio Pellegrino]

So you try
You don’t let
A chance go by
They’re there
You see them
Everywhere
And everywhere
You stay and wait
With x-ray eyes
They pass you by
Centuries years ago
It wasn’t so
They’d be the ones
Calling seeing if
You were free
But those girls
Are gone gone
To mothers and
Grandmothers and
Their daughters and
Granddaughters just
Pass you by

21§ [Orig 3/10/07]
22§ [Rev 6/10/11]http://www.flaviopellegrino.com/Gallery.htm

7016 Picnic on the Moon
[by S. David] [art by T. Mikey]

Bring her nice things
Promise her what you can
Promise her to try
The impossible
The day will come
When you can promise her
A picnic on the moon
If you both
Live that long

9§ [Orig 4/20/08]http://tmikey.com/gallery/

8754 Mystic
[by S. David] [art by Jenny Morgan]

Through a glass
Darkly
Foggy
Perhaps bloody
No perhaps
But
To penetrate
Into the Beyond
The Here
The Now
The mark
Of a mystic
There are paths
Yes more than
One that leads
To Beyond
However
You get there
Wait soon
I’ll be with you

20§ [Orig 2/13/11] http://jennymorganart.com/gallery.html

2319 Building our Masks
[by S. David] [art by Pierre Matter]
[based on a detail from Dr. Freud’s Horse]

And this is how,
We construct
Aspects of
Ourselves, those
Differing masks
We wear, from
All the little
Interactions,
Fleeting situations,
Similar situations,
With momentary
People in the
Outside worlds
In which we dwell.
These people sometimes
Are members
Of different unions,
Construction unions,
All doing their parts
In building our Masks.

19§ [Orig 4/17/04]http://www.pierrematter.fr/

8533 Chaos 2
[by S. David] [art by Nacera Guerin]

Her nature
Her self
Spurned
She walks alone
Responsible
Even responsive
To no one
Her choice
She passes
Life by
And then
Decries
Castigates
The world
For
Ignoring
Her
Her needs
Her wants
Her desires
Fie and woe
Chaos
Creatoress
Eris
Denier of
Responsibility
Female joker

27§ [Orig 9/30/10] http://www.nacera.com

8827 Lilith
[by S. David] [art by Sarah Joncas]

Music
Dark
A different song
In the night
Singer
No simpering
Soft supple
Child-woman
Nor even
Woman-child
Here
Lola’s role
Model her ideal
She comes to you
Who rides whom
Not relevant
She Will Be
Satisfied
Hers
Is the knowledge
Of man
His
Wishes desires
Needs
And these Must
Give her
Satisfaction
Please her
Man must
Fear her
Man will

31§ [Orig 4/28/11] http://sarahjoncas.com/

8211 The Road in View
[by S. David][art by Stevenski Brewster]

Yeah the road
I’m following is
In view
From here
To there
And ‘there’
Is you
I’m planning
A course
Seeking
A path
That connects
Us just us
Just we two
Not for
The short run
The long run
Is my view
Of course
I know
It’s all
Up to you
But I can
Yes I can
Plan
How to
Get to
Go onto
This road trip

29§ [Orig 3/05/10] http://www.stvnski.com/Site/Index/Index.html

7337 Shady Character
[by S. David][art by Christopher LoPresti]

I asked
And yes
It was
Himself
As model
Not calling it
Though
A self-portrait
So was this
A mask
Or a role
That he could
That he took
Implications
Psychology
Archetype
Eh twaddle

17§ [Orig 9/15/08] http://www.loprestiarts.com/neongallery.html

2183.2 La faim du tigre
[by S. David][art by Pierre Matter]

They had Eaten
The Apple,
That we know,
For It Was Written
And that God
Threw Them Out,
That too, was written
And a minor Godling,
Who played with
Bows and arrows
Would often
Shoot at one
Or the other,
That too was told us
And when an
Arrow struck him,
You could watch
Part of him
Reach for her.
It made no
Difference
Whether she
Hungered too or did
Not want him, for
She would always
Be a carrot
Was always ready,
Physically, for him, for
The Charmer, that devil
Had made it so
And the Godling,
Made sure no
Matter who the
Fool was, when
He blindly reached,
Even if she gave
Her heart,
She would eventually
Devour him;
For no matter
How strong the hunger
For the male,
It is always
The female who is…

45§ [Rev 4/17/04]
http://www.pierrematter.fr/

5112 One’s Path 1
[by S. David] [art by Nacera Guerin]

Not my path
I fear
Mine is not
So straightforward
And is lighter
I pray
Through cavernous
Corridors she
Walked her way
A chosen goal
And clear
Time would pass
And the path
Was not always
Bright
Not always was
There light
To guide her steps
Though it was
Straight
Stumbling
Was something
She did
On her own
But there was
No way to
Turn aside
She had made
That decision

29§ [Orig 9/09/06]http://www.nacera.com/www.nacera.com/Welcome.html

5058 Face a face 2
[by S. David] [art by Pierre Matter]

She was a loaded gun
While we were together
Even when we danced
Face to face as one
Oh the passion
Oh the silences
Oh the perfect
Understandings
Yet she was
A loaded gun
With the safety
Off and BANG


12§ [Orig 8/27/06]
http://www.pierrematter.fr

8834 Lucifer’s Bride
[by S. David] [art by Sarah Joncas]

Oh yes
Oh yes
Hail
Hail
The Light Bringer
Has chosen
And all
The superlatives
Apply
Why
Why would you
Doubt
A mortal man’s
Wet dream
Nothing more
Nothing less
Temptation
Drooling
Lucifer
Would have you
Add
Another sin
Satan has
Impeccable
Taste
He’s dapper
And charming
Always gaining
New converts
And the woman
He brings
To wife
Exquisite

33§ [Orig 4/29/11]http://sarahjoncas.com/

8503 The Pool Room
[by S. David] [art by Stevenski Brewster]

Room
Room
Game room
Pool room
Ah but
The apartment
Is more than
Large
Money talks
So he put
A pool table
In his pad
Nothing but
The best in
Another room
A grand piano
He doesn’t play
At least not
That instrument
But for
A party
A seduction
His place
More than
Satisfies
Oh and did I
Mention
The view

28§ [Orig 9/03/10]http://www.stvnski.com/Site/Index/Index.html

1843 At The Altar of Heaven and Grace… I Grow Old [3]
[by S. David] [art by Mia Rognstad]

And the air shimmers
Above the candle’s fire
As my prayers rise to
Reach my Lord,
Whose Voice I await
To seek me out
To bring sage words
To my needy ears,
To strengthen
My ailing heart.
I bring oblations,
I bring flowers,
I drink the Sacred Soma,
And at the Altar
Of Heaven and Grace,
There may I grow
Old in joy
And happiness.

18§ [Orig 8/05/03] contact miarognstad@yahoo.com

8630 Autumn
[by S. David] [art by Nata Ibragimov]

Once was
Young
Vibrant
Green
And time
Fleeing
Growing
Older
Flowering
Fulfilling
Nature’s plan
And time
Time passages
And colors
Call a last
Call to beauty
Green to
Orange to
Red to
Orange again
A last gasp
And fall
Autumn
Upon and
Upon her
A sadness
For fleeting
Follies of
Spring and
Summer as
Days shorter
Turn cold

32§ [Orig 12/02/10]
http://www.nataillustration.com/paintingspage.html