Companion poem to chapter 11 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read the chapter I can almost touch you.The darkness of nightlet’s me believewe’re still together.Tell me you love me,Let me whisper why it matters.Tell me I’ll be okay,even though I’m far …
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Companion poem for chapter 10 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter Infinite are life’s roads,often past fields laid fallow by the sun.The quietness of sparrow.The softness of cottonwood.How did we get here? Avalanches are born in unsuspecting …
Read MoreDecoding Demons
Companion poem from the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read Chapter, Read original poem In the absence of clairvoyancewe gamble through decisionswith as much insightas a miner undergroundwhen the lights go out.Only then can we comprehendwhat it means to be lost to the …
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Companion poem to chapter 8 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read Chapter I don’t know hownot to love youany more thantouching your picturecan make you morethan a memory.Tell me quickbefore the breaking dayexposes my dreamas nothing morethan fantastic fantasy waiting for …
Read MoreThe Monte Hall Paradox
Companion poem for chapter 7 in the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter Cards shuffle tocrescendo’s rhythm,carrying a combinatoric almosttoo consequential to be constrained.Show me the soul of a gamblerand I’ll tell you storyyou’ll wager can’t be true.Anyone can count cardsit doesn’t …
Read MoreDeath Is an Illusion
Companion poem from chapter 6 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter It’s so unfair to escapethe dealer of darknessonly to be back in his hold.Death is an illusion,a poem of perfect pretend.Longing to live unafraid.To step one last time beyondthe …
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Companion poem for chapter 5 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter No knows for certainwhere a waterfall begins,or when consequences of changefirst cascade toward revolution.Anyone willing to be honest knows,government lies to their people.And in these lies …
Read MoreDesperation of Darkness
Companion poem to chapter 4 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read chapter Can anyone survivethe desperation of darknesswithout being scared by the depthsof utter depravity.Who can say howheroes are born,or what kind of momentsare made from impulse.It’s only afterconsequence is removedfrom …
Read MoreMadness of Memories
Companion poem from chapter 2 of the R.M. Dolin novel, “What Is to Be Done”Read original poem, Read chapter The madness of May pressesagainst the soul with the very veracitySanta Anna’s use to push the pastinto a pretext for right now.Wind whispers warningslaced with remnants …
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