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Dead Dog Rising

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The dog is there, on sorry legs, with sorry claws. He looks toward the man, the bat, and says, You know me, Man. I know you know me.

Old Wounds

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We got married in a hospital. My bride had her appendix out the day before our wedding, so we decided to tie the knot in her room at Hoover Memorial.

Twedes

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“Last night the Scots invaded Sweden,” I wrote, “to retrieve the silver filched from the Irish the Norwegians had in their coffers when Sweden conquered. The Swedes offered the Nobel to a Scots writer to keep ... the peace."

Circumstance

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In a time of drought,/ the sound of rain is sweet/ and joyful music.

January 1, 2012

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I couldn’t begin to give an account of the latest days.

SHE HAS HER REASONS

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It is a well-known fact that my wife sleeps around. There. I said it and now everyone knows that I too know about my wife. Let me just tell you this one thing; she has her reasons. You ask me how I know that she has her reasons, but who would know better than…

Express

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Once, asked what time it was, M. replied, "Eternity."

Future Imperfect, a Jeremiad

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the birth of a long, dark age// where the wealthy will be eaten by the poor/ and the poor will be eaten by disease

More Child Fear

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Women with tremulous breasts. Going down the swimming pool drain.

Serpent

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It chases other newborns down and eats them.

In the Red

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The younger woman asked Scott if he loved Jesus.

Consolations of Quantum Mechanics

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The "Many Worlds" theory, applied.

My Wife, My Love

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When I died, she said, she was going to have me cremated and put my ashes in the cats’ litter box.

Little Sister

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"Hey, Ceecee." Rodrigo squatted on our three step stoop every morning, flanked by pit bulls with wide black smiles puffing steam. I jogged down the steps, leaned against a parking sign. Warmed my hands with my breath. Tugged my crop top down. "Girl, you gonna…

Black Sweater

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A small poem about incipient insanity

An Ugly Man

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On her lunch break, she dumps Luis for Daniel Towens, the ugliest man in the county.

Dedication

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a special heaven

Reiki Master

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55 words, slightly naughty

In Dreams

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I always wanted to head on up to New York City and be taught by a decent painter, but as time kept on trucking, it became clear that that was just a big dream that would not shake out and I'd never be a real artist because I was shy of the money I'd need to stay up there in…

Nineteenth Century Noise

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The virtuoso tortures a violin/ in homage to Paganini.

Mixtape

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12. Paper Wings (Gillian Welch) This one's really depressing. Maybe you shouldn't listen to it so much.

The tenth point of possession being this... Rev2

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Guys on safari wearing safari jackets shoot things all day, things with funny names …

Lingering Over Language

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The mornings he comes in

Routine

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She could live there forever, in that smokey memory...

Lancelot Meets Goya Meets Cortázar Meets Mowat

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to say that he was doing fine

Waiting

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He grew red-faced at her quiet words, "I'm pregnant."

Funeral

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After the funeral there was a luncheon in the church basement.

Not Wanting to Write

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I don't want / to write about the body indulged, desires / denied, tortures invented, pleasures innate

Marine Forecast

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A favorite place doesn't always offer comfort.

Toward a Critique of Everything Existing

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You got a lot of people, out there