The Magnus Archives - MAG - Martin Poetry Anthology 2

Starting point is 00:00:00 This is the first radio ad you can smell. The new Cinnabon Pull-Apart only at Wendy's. It's ooey, gooey, and just five bucks with a small coffee all day long. Taxes extra at participating Wendy's until May 5th. Terms and conditions apply. Visitors by Martin K. Unfamiliar circumstances have come knocking at my door, surprising from all angles Surprising from the darkness There's a woman at my door

Starting point is 00:00:51 There's a woman at my door and she's insistent, wanting in But she is outside Outsider Lots of outsiders are on the other side of my door Knocking Knocking Crawling Crawling Seeking Lots of outsiders are on the other side of my door, knocking, knocking, crawling, crawling, seeking, seeking. I cannot welcome you in, strange visitors. I cannot make you a cup of tea.

Starting point is 00:01:16 If you're the woman I think you to be, you'll have to stay outside my door, and I will stay within. Why do you stay there, outside my door? No words to speak of, yet silver syllables are trying to breach my door. Are you waiting for something? Are you waiting for someone? Someone special to let you in? Because that someone isn't me. to let you in because that someone isn't me I am safe in my sanctum patience is my friend for now I can

Starting point is 00:01:52 resist you I am strong enough to handle this but I do wish I had another door yonder by k blackwood i spy with my little eye something beginning with y I'll give you a clue. It moves with fluid grace, moving down, then up, unravelling a thread behind it, bulbous in its form, spun with method and the instinct of far less years than I, and yet it spins in the wind, buffeted by forces it cannot see, and nature beyond its control, though you probably cannot see it, even though you definitely have the

Starting point is 00:02:56 vantage. Do you have eyes out there while you stand guard on me, on the kid whirling with their yo-yo, casting wild and free. Though perhaps I should have chosen yonder, staring out the window at the places I cannot go, forced to consider an overlooked view. I must concentrate to see and take stock of what might be. stock of what might be. I can survey my domain, limited as it is, and confidently say B is for a well-read book, P is for some paper, K is for the knitted blanket, a childhood wrapped in patchwork, stitched with cares and love, W is for the wisdom of my peers, and T is for the thought that my colleagues wouldn't be here. I spy with my little eye, something beginning with H. H is for the hope that all my friends are safe. Filed Away by MKB Down amongst the boxes, hidden well, not hiding,

Starting point is 00:04:22 holding fast against the forces of darkness pressing in on darkness. Paper words security, certified and filed. Words to explain the darkness, explain the need for resting amidst the weight of statements, a comforting, centuries heaviness. centuries heaviness experiences in words words in boxes boxes on shelves shelves in order everything in its place where it ought to be filed for future consultation end of an era consideration threads abound surround link to might in volume to be found. Hidden strength in knowledge, kept hidden from the darkness. Secret weapons in the darkness. Everything is filed in place, and all is right with the world. Only it's not.

Starting point is 00:05:17 Is it? Draw State by Blackwood Esquire I spy, with my little eye, something about to go snap. There's a limit to patience between the cat and the mouse, trapped as they are in limbo. A treasure hunt without a clue, monopoly on time and mind. Masterminding our status quo, life between crosswords and crossed swords, a supernatural blind man's bluff. I wonder if they've got home safely, rounded the bases and not got tagged by silver bullets seeking ingress. Somehow this

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The Magnus Archives - MAG - Martin Poetry Anthology 2

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