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SONGBIRDS IN THE ORCHARD Wings flapping, vibraslapping, Sputtering and snorting like horses, Neighing, whinnying, and nickering, Tsk-tsk-ing, squeaking, snapping, squealing, scolding, Songbirds are just fussy squeeze toys. HIGHLIGHT REEL Endgame persona. Pull some lingo over. Metrics. Pleats, wrinkles. Glowering sun. Rainbow reveal. But plus things For awhile there Got crazy.
Everything. Major thirds and minor thirds. L-shaped and X-rated. Drunken noodles. Sun-bleached songbirds. Pink and white sweetpeas. Nonrevocable motions to censure. Wagering homes. Acme Roofing. Jeep Wagoneer. Drop ins of brilliance. Over the top content. A pyramid of pyrite. Disrobed sound. Boyfriend shorts. Scratches in a hard wood floor. A badge and a heart
FEEL FREE TO WRITE MY BIOGRAPHY Just leave me out of it. WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT? He yelled at me. In Spanish. SANCTIONS Always sweeping, ever so stiff. IF YOU’RE HAVING TROUBLE VIEWING THIS EMAIL You deserve more from your points. THE
James Tate. Gary Snyder. Anne Sexton. Sylvia Plath. Frank O’Hara. Lisel Mueller. Galway Kinnell. Weldon Kees. Randall Jarrell. Richard Hugo. Allen Ginsberg. Robert Duncan. James Dickey. Robert Creeley. Gregory Corso. Elizabeth Bishop. John Ashberry. Tradition is they always depart on a certain date. They straggle in but on a certain date they all leave.
THE WORST IS OVER UP SOUTH The sky is local red rock cod. On the horizon a dory sparkles Like sandal straps on B Street. The center of the universe Is over there, somewhere. I’ve had it with playing catch and release . The outcome is more predetermined than pro wrestling And nowhere
I was born to be an artist. My mom named me, and I’ve never been too excited about what she picked out, so I use my initials. “A” is for Arthur; she thought about naming me “Arthur Rackham Tist” but my dad said, “What kind of a middle name is ‘Rackham’ nowadays?” So she settled
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LEARN HOW Watch this video. Earn $200 cash back. THAT THING BACK EAST A lot of employees are angry. They’re blaming it on that thing back east. HUMMINGBIRDS The little pigs, Siphoning from the oriole feeder, Not nice hosts to our seasonal visitors. SIMPLY FOREVER
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Too much certified sourcing, Ipso facto pirates Moving at a snail’s pace In outer space, Getting their capsules detailed. Too many prompts and bodyslams, (I get them confused) With wind harps in all the colors of the Snacks and sports drinks aisle, Plus other things to penetrate and inflict . Too little every day
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“To educate is to give man the keys to the world, which are independence and love, and to give him strength to journey on his own, light of step, a spontaneous and free being.” Josè Martí was a prominent leader for Cuban independence and an influential poet; journalist, and newspaper founder, philosopher and professor during
The world is a rage room overrun By carbon-based stink bugs and lizards Whispering have you gotten vaccinated yet? Adults killing over coloring books, Kids using cell phones for vaping, Underscoring the need for hot stones and medical peels, Framing the need for decolonial poetic intervention, Directed against the epistolary stasis and essentialising
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