{"id":2535,"date":"2013-10-29T18:24:28","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T08:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2535"},"modified":"2013-10-29T18:24:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T08:24:28","slug":"the-gizzard-of-was-poetry-by-dean-reilly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2535","title":{"rendered":"THE GIZZARD OF WAS  &#8212;  Poetry by Dean Reilly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb_share_1\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a name=\"fb_share\" type=\"icon_link\" share_url=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2535\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php\">Share<\/a><\/div><div><script src=\"http:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div><p dir=\"ltr\" data-font-name=\"g_font_8_0\" data-canvas-width=\"155.52000463485717\">Ive been\u2020shedding skin<br \/>\nand squeezing my pimples again.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m down<br \/>\nDigging in the dirt<br \/>\nlooking for all the clues<br \/>\nPast the all dead ends.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-font-name=\"g_font_8_0\" data-canvas-width=\"286.40000853538515\">I&#8217;ve been bent to my kness<br \/>\nCleaning my tired shoes<br \/>\nI wallowed in my own depression<br \/>\nAnd the insecure dreams<br \/>\nFor a path to take me over<br \/>\nOr a word to guide me through.<br \/>\nI want to see the world not going down.<br \/>\nI want a better place to live in as do you.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-font-name=\"g_font_8_0\" data-canvas-width=\"185.64785673273707\">My reflection, my reflection<br \/>\nChanges and looks at me.<br \/>\nMy reflection is aging quickly, my reflection is aging quickly<br \/>\nI am seeing the wrinkles again.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been stirring on my back<br \/>\nResolving unfullfilled dreams.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been dancing with the crazy one<br \/>\nWith delusion in my eyes.<br \/>\nI want to feel the reflection,<br \/>\nFeel the reverse within.<br \/>\nI want feel the transformation and<br \/>\nstart erasing before I begin<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-font-name=\"g_font_8_0\" data-canvas-width=\"214.40000638961797\">My reflection, my reflection<br \/>\nChanges into me<br \/>\nI have no time.<br \/>\nTo listen to my muscle memory.<br \/>\nI contemplate what I&#8217;ve been&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>See my reflection changing,<br \/>\nCreeping up and over me.<br \/>\nRemoving my old armour.<br \/>\nHoping to show the way<br \/>\nBy reaching through my reflection,<br \/>\nShowing me another day<\/p>\n<p>My reflection has become me<br \/>\nMy reflection has become me<br \/>\nMy reflection and my destiny.<br \/>\nMy reflection and my destiny.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been squeezing pimples again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dean Reilly<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DR.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2536\" alt=\"Dean Reilly\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DR.jpg\" width=\"760\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DR.jpg 760w, https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DR-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/redhillgallery.com.au\/DeanReillyNOV2013.html\" target=\"_blank\">Exhibiting at Red Hill Gallery November 2013<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"al2fb_like_button\"><div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n(function(d, s, id) {\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1&appId=499790883388518\";\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));\n<\/script>\n<fb:like href=\"https:\/\/www.artchat.com.au\/?p=2535\" send=\"true\" layout=\"button_count\" show_faces=\"true\" share=\"false\" width=\"150\" action=\"recommend\" font=\"arial\" colorscheme=\"light\" ref=\"AL2FB\"><\/fb:like><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ShareIve been\u2020shedding skin and squeezing my pimples again. 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