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#32: Deep in Structures of Awareness (Structured Poem)

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In ashen hills of yonder

Aurora Borealis

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I recalled the one night stand I'd had with the girl one balmy summer night in Minneapolis. We lay on my bed in the moonlight, and I touched the nipples of her tiny breasts with the thumb and pinkie of one hand.

Gipetto's Sin

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The boy grew frightened when his grainy wooden skin began to melt, every fiber humming and softening.

Playground in the Fire

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People questioned my motives when I became a smokejumper again. They said I had a death wish, or that somehow by going into battle against the big Pacific Northwest forest fires, I was still trying to put out the flames of the burning car in which my sons Jake (age…

Snapshots

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On a street-lit night in Jeddah.

Lire's Children, After the Swans

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our eyes misted white as goatskin

benedictus

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he wanders the house/ crying for the hairless tomcat/ (gone for the night/ on an overnight job).

on the shore on the shore

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I await, here at Sandymount Strand / There's a stony bed and moistened sand / Couples dance away into futurity / With their dogs upon the shore

Abraham

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I came late to sunrise. The hills were lit / with goats.

falling, endlessly

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Clouds quickly appeared, in a perfect peach sky. Big, puffy clouds, moving together, formed the shape of a heart.

Psychological Profile for "Joe"

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He boasts of administering regular beatings to his wife and claims that she enjoyed it.

mourning

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The moment I was told of your passing...

The Darwin Awards

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"People are stupid. They've always been stupid. But these days...." His voice trailed off. "Dumb and dumber, huh?" the Boss asked. Peter nodded.

Watching Stanley Kowalski in the TV Room of Belle Haven

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That streetcar named Desire, it don't hardly stop for me no more. Leastwise not while I'm awake, and I don't have to be telling no nosy aides why I make them noises in my sleep.

Feeling fences

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... he could feel the pointed picket spears.

Men and Babies

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"Mama skipped the training bras and just gave me her old bras. I'll be 25 before I can wear her old bras..."

Mexican Audio

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Chromio citrio sticky-floored furio...

A Serial Killer’s First Day in Medical School

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To rival the professor in his knowledge of various body parts is impossible ...

White Room

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A white room is empty but for you, a card table and a chair.

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

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My first love was a woman of principle. Never deny your man was her motto.

Exile

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Dandelions wither as I approach and the grass dies under my feet.

A Day At The Beach

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Rothko and Stella loved the beach. To Jalapeno it was just one big litter box and for her it held no great appeal. She sprawled sunbathing on the dashboard lifting a lid occasionally to watch Lauren riding a wave. The dogs delirious with freedom romped and chased tight…

Seeing Me

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I got to see me the other day.

The Boyfriend

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As a boyfriend, he knows that such A.D.D. insensitivity could be considered a major liability in the eyes of most girlfriends, including his.

Erasure

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All else is unmoved/ and relentless in its indifference.

Three Times, If I Count

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Once or twice, it was only once or twice. Three times, if I really count. And I wasn't giving or loving. And my self stayed hidden and I kept most of my clothes on.

Pitch Meeting

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Someone shoved over a table. A little girl started crying.

The first sense of desire

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I want to own you, even if it is only for a few moments or a few hours, but it will not be worth it unless for that brief span of time I know that the only purpose of your existence is to be a woman whom I own.

Leaking

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The bathroom faucet is leaking again. Do they make diapers for faucets?

Dumpster

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When flash and bang merge you are, according to the manual, in deep do-do.