8500 Difference [ic8]
[by S. David] [art by Dave Foss]

There is
A story
To be told
Beyond
Love
Beyond
Sex
Though not
Beyond
Desire
A juxtaposition
Naked or
Nude for
She exposes
Her soul
Gives
Beyond
The body
Worth
To enfold
To encompass
Gentle desire
In
A failing
World

25§ [Orig 9/03/10] http://www.davidfoss.com/

7717 Remote Control
[by S. David] [art by Laurie Lipton]

Years together
A good statistic
And yet
Age health
But the passion
The passion was
Not quite dead
Yet too much
Though was
In their heads
Fortunately
In both
Their heads and
Even at times
The same time
But sometimes
One or the other
Could not
Yet they did
Love each other
Made love to
Each other
Sometimes
By memory
Sometimes
By remote control

26§ [Orig 4/27/09] http://www.laurielipton.com/

8565 Yggdrasil [untitled]
[by S. David] [art by Dave Foss]

Life
Life
The World Tree
Spawner of life
It’s roots
Run deep
Its branches
Spread tall
The seasons
Though
Still govern
Though
Few remember
Even fewer
Return
But return
She did
Homage
Or prayer
Or something
Else
She stood
Reached back
To touch
To feel
The bark
Its roughness
To the Heavens
She looked
Intoned
A chant
To the All - Father
A perfect
Offering

34§ [Orig 10/18/10] http://www.davidfoss.com/

8958 Tired Swing
[by S. David] [art by Saskia Kahn]

It matched her
Body
Mood
Reality
She did not
Sleep
Well too much
On her mind
How to end
A relationship
That was
Ending
Here they were
A kids’ park
Sitting on
A tired tire
Swing
Motionless
No energy
From her
No help
From him
Both lost in
Their own worlds
Each wondering
How to
Say goodbye

27§ [Orig 10/08/11] http://saskiakahn.com/

8868 The Art of Politics
[by S. David] [art by Ekaterina Smirnova]

But the blood
Was up
The frenzied fed
Crowds grew yes
Feeding frenzy
All art lost
“Peace peace”
Cried
The organizers
“Perhaps wait see
We can achieve”
But anger hatred
Ruled the art
Of politics bowed
Stones flew
Armed fear
Responded
Civilization
Wavered
It is only
Veneer
Rules must be
Enforced
Civilization
Group minds
Give the lie

28§ [Orig 7/07/11]http://www.katapostrophe.com/portfolio/menu.html

7718 Leashed Passion
[by S. David] [art by Laurie Lipton]

They are
Barbarians
After all
Have to be
Civilized
Have their
Passions
Leashed in
Learn to
Accept
Society’s
Limitations
A long process
An entire
Childhood
And not always
Effectively
Imaginary
Playmates
Of all types
And species
And even with
Loving families
There are
Temper
Tantrums
Destructive
Urges and
Imaginations
That run wild
And free

31§ [Orig 4/27/09]http://www.laurielipton.com/

8955 If Things were Perfect
[by S. David] [art by Johannah O’Donnell]

But they’re not
Perfect
Even here
A world you
Do not know
Cannot see
And probably
Would not
Imagine
But she
Faced
Discrimination
Bigotry
Racism and
Specieism*
Call it
What you will
For even
The thought
Of loving him
But he was
Willing to
Suffer all
The insults
Challenges
For choosing
So far
Beneath him

28§ [Orig 10/08/11]http://johannahodonnell.carbonmade.com/
*poetic licence

7961 Shadow Dancer III
[by S. David] [art by Dave Foss]

Form
Figure
Almost
An abstract
And yet
Against
The windowpanes
Bright
Casting
Shadow
You knew
She danced
She posed
Poised
And yet
She did not
Invite
Her nudity
Did not
Apprehend
Thoughts
Of lust
Of seduction
Only art

24§ [Orig 9/20/09] http://www.davidfoss.com/

7533 Spiritus
[by S. David] [art by Craig La Rotonda]

Needs
Desires
Wants
Conflicting
With
Reality
Bring me peace
Bring me love
Peace of mind

Hello there
You with
The quiet soul
The sweet spirit
Come teach me

I looked
I saw
Her so peaceful
Centered

And the dove
Flew
From her
Shoulder
To mine
She opened
Her eyes
Turned
Looked at me
“Can you
Share
My reality”

30§ [Orig 1/07/09] http://altpick.com/craiglarotonda

6724 Beginning of Creation: Merkabah
[by S. David] [art by Tat Tank A]

Disguised
Hidden within
A sphere
Of solid light
The golden chariot
The Divine Light
The Mer Ka Bah
Slowly traverses
The Waters
Of the Deep
Dividing them
To upper and
Lower a golden
Path a golden
Cord begins
Creation hissing
Sizzling pulsing
Until a sound
Resounds OM
Many names
Come forth
Many names
Has God many
Ways is God found
Within without
Above below
There is no
Comprehension
God of creation
Look within
Look without
And what can you
Know

33§ [Orig 1/25/08]http://www.tank-a.com/Tank-A/Albums.html

8669 Without Words
[by S. David] [art by Andre van der Kerkhoff]

Ah but
There are
He studiously studies
The printed book
He is not
After all
A bard
A skald
Or any of those
Who
Over centuries
And still
Had to learn
Mouth to ear
Memorize
Histories
Chants and
Laws
With the printed
Word much
Was lost
Much more
Retained for
Researching
But
Fewer
To look
And learn
Without
Words

30§ [Orig 12/21/10]http://www.andrevanderkerkhoff.com/?go=artworks/display_list_galleries&login=avdkart

8222 Unveiling
[by S. David] [art by Nad Wolinska]

To see
But no
Not known
Not yet
The becoming
The will being
Of what is
Not yet
To whom
Outside
Inside
Does inside
Matter
To outside
Does outside
Matter
Inside
There are
“Yes’s”
There are
“No’s”
But to whom
Behold
The unveiling
To whom
What is
Worth

27§ [Orig 3/12/10] http://www.universallogos.com/galleries/

7210 Night Flight to Light
[by S. David] [art by Tat Tank A]

Campbell
Watts
Jung
Graves
Is there
A voice
That tells
A woman’s
Version of
The myths
The archetypes
To take us
On those paths
To tell us
Of night flights
And other
Journeys
That lead to
The Light

19§ [Orig 7/07/08] http://www.tank-a.com/Tank-A/Albums.html

7220 Beelzebub
[by S. David][art by Craig La Rotonda]

Angels both
Though fallen
From inconceivable
Heights
As their brightness
Darkened they sat
In the Pit rueing
The battle past
When they and
Their brave host
Of Angels too
Now lost to Heaven
Challenged
The Almighty
And His right
To rule
Much conversation
Had they weighing
Just the ‘why’
And the ‘therefore’
Of what had
Transpired and
Satan’s willingness
To give battle
Still and again
And the fateful
Decision made
To champion
Evil over Good
And each
The other
Inspired

32§ [Orig 7/14/08] http://altpick.com/craiglarotonda

7806 Departure
[by S. David] [art by Nadia Wolinska]

Here
Yes she was
Here with me
Her body
At least
Yet there was
A place where
I could not go
Her body
Yes had moved
With mine
But her mind
She rose
From the bed
Looked at me
Strangely
As if
As if
She had
She was
No longer here
Where
Some sanctified
Place
A dreamy holy
Space
There
Not here
Her mind
There flying
I could no
Longer reach her
And the sun
Shone bright
Over her shoulder
A pinpoint of light
But still
I reached again

38§ [Orig 6/22/09] http://www.universallogos.com/galleries/

8798 Minotaur and Moth
[by S. David] [art by Beth Carter]

No not cold
He does not
Breath in
To warm
His hands
It’s spring
And although
He looks slow
Though faster
Than a bull
The Minotaur
Has hands
As fast as
Man’s cupped
Within he peers
Looking at
Patterns on
The dusty wings
Of a moth
He caught
Delicately
He lets it live
Wishing only
To see
To gain
Some God
Meaning in
His meaningless
World meaningless
He knows no other
Seeking not
Finding
Another so
He wonders if
He has any
Meaning
Perhaps moth
Wings will tell

38§ [Orig 3/19/11]http://www.bethcarter.co.uk/

8789 Standing Minotaur
[by S. David] [art by Beth Carter]

Ready yes
Ready for
Whatever
Good evil
Do not judge
You have not
Walked his road
Alone
Yes alone
In this world
There is
No other
And that means
Yes meaning
That only he
Feels perhaps
Does not does
Understand
And so he
Stands
Bull man
Ready
Waiting
Knowing not

24§ [Orig 3/15/11] http://www.bethcarter.co.uk/

8818 Waiting for Nothing
[by S. David] [art by Santiago Riberio]

Godot
Hell no
No promise
Of anything
Happening
But
Time passing
Condemned
For they do
Not hesitate
Immobile
They just wait
Is there much
Difference
From death
Only they breath
Eat shit and
Sleep flesh
Only having
Given up on
Grooming
Clothing
Everything
But the Four
They do not
Even copulate
For pleasure
Reproduction
Nor to kill
Time
They just wait
Not even
Wave to
Time
Passing them by

36§ [Orig 4/17/11] http://santiagoribeiro.ning.com/photo/photo/listForContributor?screenName=2hvsqcskbn6ra

8666 Father, Lover or Just Dandy? 1
[by S. David] [art by Andre van der Kerkhoff]

She takes
Another look
“Yes presentable
Still after all
The years and
His mind works
Well the rest
Good enough but
I’ve got years
To go and the few
Now well I’m
Proud and learning
From him”
They walk down
The street together
Not touching
And you know
Not dandy
Not father
Yeah lovers

20§ [Orig 12/20/10]
http://www.andrevanderkerkhoff.com/?go=artworks/display_list_galleries&login=avdkart

7898 Old Love Letter
[by S. David] [art by Ridha]

Evidence
Of what was
Once now gone
And he made
A ceremony
Out of ending
That part of
Hs life
Plucking a rose
From his garden
He drove to
The nearby take
Tossed the rose
In tore the letter
Into pieces and
Let them fall
In also they drifted
To the bottom
As they sank
He lit a candle
Said “good bye”
Blew the candle
Out drove home

23§ [Orig 7/29/09] http://www.ridha.info/

8684 Just a Shadow
[by S. David] [art by Ridha]

Just a shadow
Just a memory
Country road
Middle of nowhere
And they had
Vacationed
Two new lovers
Urban bred
Glorying
Being free
And the memory
He returned
After
Way after
And the memory
He saw her
Just a shadow
Coming
Towards him
Down
That road
A tear rolled
Down his cheek

23§ [Orig 1/06/11] http://www.ridha.info/

8817
Kiss Me First
[by S. David] [art by Agnieszka Szyfter]

Yeah the drinks
Flowed
They glowed
Eye contact
All that jazz
He was
Well whatever
She was too
He invited her
To leave
She thought
Said ”why not
But kiss me
First appearances
Are everything
Then let’s go”
Ah youth
That’s the way
It was
For some
That’s the way
It is
For others
A fantasy
For most

24§ [Orig 4/17/11] http://www.szyfter.pl/Paintings1.html

5585 The Future and I
[by S. David][art by T. Mikey]


Rejoice Rejoice
She raises her cup
In jubilation
A toast
A celebration
She has triumphed
Plain Jane the wheel
Turned in her favor
One more month and
She’ll have begun
The next stage in
Her part in maintaining
The species no longer
Just career like her
More beautiful sister
She has chosen
Biological destiny

17§ [Orig 1/29/07]http://tmikey.com/gallery/

2568 La Danza de las Almas Cansades
[by S. David][art by Flavio Pellegrino]

So many
Lifetimes
They’ve danced
In this world
And I’ve met
Them before
Here and there
Across eternity
Every so often
These tired Souls
All or one or
Another of them
Entwine with mine
And seem to
Suck the
Energy and joy
Each time
I do not
Understand them
Flesh
They refuse
The joy
Of bodies
Free
They refuse
To fly
They refuse
To let their
Spirits
Bring their
Souls energy


31§ [Orig 7/11/04]http://www.flaviopellegrino.com/Gallery.htm

6426 Golden Apple
[by S. David] [art by Renee Lynch]

An apple of Eve
A golden apple
From that Tree
And in innocence
She bit it
One bite
And the revelation
Forced her
To the ground
She slept
The last sleep
Of innocence
Her body
Responding
To the changes
In her mind
To awaken with
Knowledge
Of Good and Evil
To awaken
As a woman

21§ [Orig 11/03/07]http://renelynch.com/home.html

8484 Mechanic
[by S. David] [art by Donato Giancola]

No she’s not
Rosie
The Riveter
She is a mechanic
Works damn hard
Null-g
Fixing
Engines
Tearing apart
Putting together
Again
She always
Wanted to
Spacewalk
Learned
From the best
Taught herself
More
She’s Class A
These days
Knows her trade
Has a job
Years now
And
Drinks with
The boys

26§ [Orig 8/18/10] http://www.donatoart.com/

7390 The Guardian
[by S. David] [art by Kris Kuksi]

2nd inspiration is
Milton, PL II 666-770

Before the nine
Gates they sat
Governing both
To and fro
Entrance
And exit
Sin
Satan’s daughter
Once so lovely
That Satan
Lucifer himself
In Heaven
Could not resist
And this his son
Grandson as well
Raping his own
Daughter to bring
Forth unknowing
Death
The end of all
Mortal flesh
Death
The son who
Immediately
Turned and in turn
Raped his mother
And she carried
This time
Demons and imps
And others of
That sort who
Tore at her womb
Until born
Sons half brothers
To Death
Such were the two
Each a guardian
Of the gates

38§ [Orig 10/13/08] http://kuksi.com/artworks/sculpture/

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