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Prime number I
That cannot be determined
By simple inspection,
Whose constituent parts
May forever be mysteries,
Or may be a whole,
A block indi..
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When I was young,
It appeared my life was to be so simple
Any woe no worse than an unpopped pimple
Roads ahead spacious and unrubbled
My freedoms ..
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I've become ill-at-ease in this marvelous country;
A growing malaise is bringing me down,
Here, where blindfolded citizens march
In jig-tracing pat..
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Mailer sent me running for my book
Of modern poets, to scan therein
The slim-to-almost-none selected bits of Lowell.
I rarely study antecedents, bu..
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Everyone seems surprised
by allegations
cropping up all over,
but humans are animals--
can't deny that!
So we might as well acknowledge
the hide..
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I pledge allegiance to myself,
The conceited cheese of America,
And as for republics--why should they stand?
A curd, as they say, can stand by itse..
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Lonesome is the outpost of the moon,
Where, balanced on the balcony of night,
The scent of rogue gardenias in blossom
Immures the vibrant fella in ..
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The triad of Frump and Xi and Putin
Admires itself in the mirror for now,
As behind the placid public curtains
Rancor and wariness sour all three.
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There's been an outbreak of snakes in our neighborhood,
Coiled-up rattlers ready to strike;
I can't believe all are intolerant hissers
Infesting ..
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You'd think it'd be easy by now,
And in a way, it is,
But one has to be extra extra careful,
For artistry and the artificial
Run neck and neck in ..
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