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Poetry

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Onward and Onward

In 1887 the Army Benevolent Fund decidedto charge rent to veterans who clutteredtheir otherwise peaceful brains. In 1423the Indian Ocean demanded respite...

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Pale Lemon Square

When they say nobody rides horses anymorewhat they mean is: look, the ineffable sadnesshas returned, and while every mindless plantin town is blooming, an...

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Cocorico

Any time you buy anything,you should buy an extra, in caseyou really like it. I am awarethis makes me sound dumb, likeI am a really dumb shopper.But buried...

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One of Several Talking Men

Because my head is a magnet for bullets I am spending the day indoors. FirstI admired the topiary for several hours and when my eyes began to ache I rangfor...

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Stroking My Head With My Deception Stick

Someone shut down the local shimmer but not the police who thoughtit was Sunday and so spent hours arranging their long and pliant hair.Constable Jacques is...

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The Fledgling Crocus

Soon when I look out the windowthere will be light, nothing but.In Hanover they’ve detected a weakness.Thanks a lot, Hanover. This houseis 55 degrees...

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We Are Being Paged

All the doctors at the hospital let their hair down to keep their necks warm. It wasfreezing and they were everywhere. They wanted to save our lives. They...

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Fast Clouds

It sounds good to lie on top of a thing and to melt halfway into it. A raft or a hill.Then you realize there is a splinter in your ear. Or you are eroding...

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The Small Husband

If you want to talk to your husbandand your husband is very smallyou lie down on the floorand the floor is coldbut you warm itand you look at the wallwhere...

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Aesthetics of Crying

You meet someone and later you meettheir dancing                         and you have to start againYou like cat one                           and you like...

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Optioned

Of my days I’m directornot author                  and neither of us hasany moneyI was born with a wooden spoonin my ass                  Imagine my...

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Nature Poem

Yesterday it was marsh marigolds by the river with my mother and in the afternoon forsythia with Chris                  (he dislikes it) and today it is...