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We slink to the doctor every year; He listens minutely through stethoscopes And snarls of electrodes, Straining to hear the surefooted stomp Of de..

A house with no mirrors Will famish an ego; The soul must provide for Its issue alone. The nurturing juices Of deep understanding Will not be fo..

Achy diarthroses, rebellious adductors, Nerves all a-whack--inconstant conductors-- Twitchy obliques, epidermis afire . . . Antithesis of pleasure ..

My new dentist longs To chisel my jaw And cap off a tooth. The old one admired My imperfections, Omitted the obvious Ploys to straighten Or bri..

There's no redemption for this bed: The sheets are thin, the blood soaks through, For here I chafe and here I bleed, Where dust mites congregate an..

Old grandfather elm, Stately tree, That extends its limbs Harmoniously, Shaded us For years in the past, Shielded us From the solar blast, Wil..

Young man walking in the street walks in front of the bus. Driver slams on the brakes. Young man walks around presses face against door demands ..

We've ceded our domain, the sky, To land-creatures, ape-descended men, Who, in imitation, first with fabric, Then with smelted, hammered ore, Fash..

The autumn clematis, seditiously fragrant, Invites me, incites me to roisteries. Perfumerous stars tumble over a railing, September's honeypaps dau..

Tonight they gather In the sweatstain park, Too hot to eat; Could'a told them that! One of two powwows-- December, September-- They dare to hold..