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***
I was 22 and lucky
to
have avoided the draft.
Spent nights drinking draft beers; evil
hides in the dark, so says the Bib..
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***
Everything implicated solicited no response,
mere
attempts melded with emptiness,
the
songbirds’ utterances sounded ..
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tanka: older form than haiku
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The
shady lady on the end
of
my pen undresses
with
each letter I compose.
Dear
Mother:
College
is ..
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I’ve
had cats and I’ve had dogs
sometimes
both at the same time,
meaning
that I’ve faced heart..
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All
you have to do
is
bake them and the sweetness
will
come out. So said my mother
..
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***
The
perfect God can’t, or Kant,
(I overhear a small chuckle)
create
a world with rules
made
to defy natural in..
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***
You’re born
eyes closed
in a
scrum. Food is a n****e.
You
taste meat. You hunt.
You
wrestle, p..
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***
It
rained all night that night,
then
again, the next morning,
and
kept at it all day.
The
river acknowledged its..
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***
I’m
not so proud I can’t admit
I
need the help with my food bill.
I’m
in line, sitting on a folding s..
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