SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR

SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR

FROM DEPTHS UNFATHOMED

What dreams are these?

they ask?

But what visions are those?

I say?

Can you speak them in your sleep

& usher forth

a new reality?

Or travel back

after the fact

to make sure they stand

a restructured

test of time?

The lines (minds) all skewed

between left (intuition)

& (instinct) right

hemispheres

(hang in the balance)

What could have been (cancer)

or might still be

(a remedy)

salvation

if only the key

is turned

(thrice)

quite precisely

in locks hidden from sight

but glimpsed (briefly)

between the folds

of waking life & phantom sheets

in a bed full of shamans

exposed

to the touch

that brings shivers

& shakes

of synchronicity

come the dawn

 

FINE LINE BETWEEN SMUG & SMIRKING

A little lalala (love) in your (happy hour) hahaha

(heavy doses)

(might) make ya wanna

laugh the day

away

(but never [dare] waste it/

while apart the hours

split {spit} & fumble tumble

down)

Our time is precious

&

eat, drink, and be merry

was just a (first hint/low buzz)

primer/coating/

coaxing soft cajoles to surface

(primal roars

are best served

w/humor

[and a hummer

don’t hurt either]

so save {stuff/fluff}

your tragedies

cause we don’t need ‘em

to kill our {slaughtered} smiles

moo mo[o/re/aning])

Low down dirty

only offers

a few cheap thrills

before that (grinding metal)

nihilistic whining (on the water)

begins to wear thin (thongs)

on bored [& burdened] nerves

(sold along the river)

 

KEEPING IT SIMPLE IN THEORY

Drip away

the drama

and leave me be

to bask

in peace   (just for a while)

It’s not perfection

which we seek

but only

the pursuit

thereof         (in times of worry)

Constant, continual, progressive

evolution

along the path

of adaptation

Drop the pretense

the prologue

has time-lapsed

toward the future     (two steps and a leap)

Crystalline in its

patterns  (merging)

of comfort

(swirling)

as mandalas

hum congruent wisdom

I keep chasing     (coloring the horizon)

like a tail

of Ouroboros

or

a trail

of breadcrumb logic

promising quantum        new         frontiers

SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR

SCOTT THOMAS OUTLAR hosts the site 17Numa.com where links to his published poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, reviews, live events, and books can be found. His work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. Scott was a recipient of the 2017 Setu Magazine Award for Excellence in the field of literature. His words have been translated into Afrikaans, Albanian, Dutch, Farsi, French, Italian, Kurdish, and Serbian. His radio podcast, Songs of Selah, airs weekly on 17Numa Radio.