The Razor’s Edge

By James Street

The Razor’s Edge is a collection of poems in which the author attempts to align and make sense of the many layers of reality. Many of the poems were inspired by shamanic journeys into alternate dimensions, and others were the products of daydreams. All the poetry in this book was born of the union between two forces: the world we perceive and the one that we choose to keep hidden.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 14, 2021
• ISBN: 9781664178557

James Street

James Street is a poet and a mystic. By focusing on critical thinking and expanding awareness, Street has lived as though his greatest artistic achievement is himself. Being the muse to some greater thinking thing, he infuses his life with spiritual depth and a fascination with the human experience.

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Rev. date: 06/03/2021

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For Laura, Kevin, Mike,

and Devon. Your light feeds mine. I appreciate you deeply.

I’m the man with many names,

but for now, just call me James.

CONTENTS

The Quixotic Mold

Consider This

On the Forest Floor

The Devil Has Black Eyes

Asleep in My Dreams

My Mind

The Word Was Quagmire

Dirty Martini with a Twist

Revolutions

Smells like Teenage Memories

Breath of Life

Another One for the Mind Readers

Still like the Hummingbird

El Rey

The Sand Garden

The Mirror

Sequences

The Birds and the Bees

Serpentine

To Be a Thing

Bowie’s Revelation

The Garden (Interlude)

Reality Fetish

Unkillable Boy Sacrifice

Fait Accompli

Something Else

The Saviour’s Dilemma

Dead Ringer

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Pink

Boss’s Binkie

Sonder

The Art of Dying

Adagios (The Mapmaker’s Lies)

Meter’s Busted

James Street Rides Again

I Am Number 6 (Hell Has Climate Control)

Environmental Allergy

I’m Not the Guy

The Incorruptible One

Evolution Don’t Evolve

Lithium

Tank on Empty

A Rose for the Elephant Man

You Can Always Go Lower

Birchwood, Beached Whale

Hydra

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Naked Kingdom

You’re So Vane

Goodbye, James Street

SONG LYRICS

Let It Out

Cosmic Wheel (Song for Paul)

Everybody Looks Like Someone

Everything’s Beauty

Soul Snatch

THE QUIXOTIC MOLD

Devilish snare

erupts from your soul;

fit the quixotic mold.

Juniper tea

from the galley

to the gallows,

and it bubbles as you bellow.