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Grasping For Straws


you have many personalities inside your head face full of lead but I'm still not dead I need love I need you I I am no more than a blade of grass no more than a shell cast out of the sea no more than a bird in migrant flight nor am I less than a star whose light penetrates infinity yet last night When a half spent moon Lay on the bosom of heaven And day's heat pressed down The sides of mountain peaks To squeeze the desert floor, And all the world was weariness Which the stars wept to see, Boldly A desert songster Insolently free, joyously Lifted melody To the moon, and teasing a breeze Into cooling the night And drifting the yucca's perfume Bringing heart's ease to me
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Mario Vitale has written well over 1,000 poems toward his platform in creative writing. His main ambition is to receive a poetry contract. He looks up to present poets John Ashbery & Major Jackson for their contribution to the arts. Vitale studied theatre at Central Connecticut State university in New Britain, Ct. Presently you will see Vitale's poems on the world wide web such sites as Wrterscafe, Neopoet, Starlitecafe, Poetrysoup & Allpoetry.com He appears in anthology's, magazine articles and editor choice award for poetry. Facebook has been an outlet for Mario Vitale in connecting to family & friends.

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