Relentless Liminality: (a few collections)

By Steven M. Wuebker

Liminality is a term used to describe the psychological process of transitioning across boundaries and borders.


Steven’s sophomore release does not exactly pick up where his first book never ended.


It contains exceptionally detailed wordplay that will unveil even more visuals for the mind’s eye to ponder...selections of polished pieces and broader subjects, more refined in some respects...some much more esoteric in other ways.


An emotional rollercoaster set loose on uneven tracks once again.


Enjoy the journey.


And always remember, “It’s all about perspective...” - S.W.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Balboa Press
• Release date: Feb 7, 2024
• ISBN: 9798765247471

Steven M. Wuebker

What makes Steven a writer worthy of reading? Detailed imagery using few words. From as early as he can remember, Steven never went anywhere without a book. Just one child’s fantasy-version of a “talisman”, yet when opened to any single page, it allowed an escape, a brief respite...even if it were for only as long as it took to read a short passage, sometimes less than a minute. Steven invites you to escape into his book, open any page, take a short respite...even if only for a brief moment on a page...and always remember, it’s all about perspective.

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ISBN: 979-8-7652-4746-4 (sc)

ISBN: 979-8-7652-4745-7 (hc)

ISBN: 979-8-7652-4747-1 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2023922062

Balboa Press rev. date: 02/02/2024

Dedication

To my husband, Joel.

Not this once, not this always...but for forever, I love you.

Contents

Preface

Definition

1. Relentless

Untitled

Veils

Hard Tack’d

Sploof Memories

Mr. Butterscotch Man

Popping balloons

Cigarettes. Booze. Perfume.

A Day of Divorce

Showing up drunk

Summer Pool

A life without heroes

Father’s Day

Dreams of fields I never left

Symmetrical Psalms

Bread: a poetic still life

Questioning inspiration

heretic advantage

Spiritual Color Wheel

Contact lenses for the mind’s eye

Harboring in Boston

Aspirations of nostalgic nihilism

Poetic Graffiti

Atlas in repose

Moonrise on the desert

Maverick-ician

Midnight Windows

Short piers are always good for long thoughts

River Queens, River Kings

We are all time travelers, aren’t we?

The consequences of fire

Autumn Giddiness

Digital Memories

Aullwood. A Magical Place…(because we remember)

The ironies of waiting

Bouquets from Coachella Valley

Sunrise on the Delta

Taking the redeye

Multiple Muses

Witnessing the orgasmic shivers of proselytizing

Describing art to an alien

hieroglyphical hopes

Dreams in reverse

On Petal Lake

Barbershop

Writing Memoirs

Soldier

radio headphone showers

Another untitled piece

2. The Papers

Part 1: The Paris Papers

Paris – 12/1/2017

Paris #2 – 12/2/2017

Winter In Europe

The Maker of Time

Ship

Cobblestones

Anonymous Airlines

Part 2: The Mexico Papers

Mexico – Day 1 – Sunrise

Mexico – Day 3 – Sunrise (again)

Mexico – Day 5 (hard to believe)

To be continued...

All-Inclusive (just like home)

3. In A City Of Men

San-La-City, Somewhere

Unknown men

Corey (1988)

All-Nighter Memories; B.G.S.U. – 1987

For Toby – 2009

Dave (1989)

Disappearing PRIDE - everyone’s invited

Not like the other boys

Survivalist Transactions

Gay wad

Jerusa-Lamb

4. One Last One

Poetry...or art?

Postscript

Gratitude

Preface

The preface for this book would be...my previous book.

Only because it became a reality first.

While the memories of that roller coaster ride through history may never abate, there is no reason to believe the ride ever stopped.

These new twists and turns burst through even bigger boundaries, even if it’s only those shielding our mind’s eye.

Always remember, It’s all about perspective... – S.W.

Definition

Liminality

Liminality is a term used to describe the psychological process of transitioning across boundaries and borders.

The term limen comes from the Latin for threshold; it is literally the threshold separating one space from another.

It is the place in the wall where people move from one room to another...

Source: Google

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RELENTLESS

Slamming her glass onto the table,

all that she could say was

            Bullshit!

and as the candlelight

shimmered in her eyes,

all that I could see was emptiness.

            It’s over then?, I asked,

feeling the hatred starting to flow.

And as she just stared,

all of the memories started

draining down my face.

            Last call..., the bartender said,

killing the front lights.

Yeah, I thought,

last call for love.

As her eyes searched mine,

I said,

            Thanks, it was fun...

and blew out the candle.

Untitled

The monolithic face on Mars

most of us have seen it

            dusted in a charcoal-covered veil

            one not much different than those worn

                        in funeral marches