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I Once Knew a Sparkledrop

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"And then I, and I believe, I alone, saw this small child run..."

The Continuous City

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The night sky was washed gray by city lights.

The High Price Of Wisdom

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Billy took acid and blatzed into a 7-11, holding his dick like he hoped the store guy would think the thing was an Uzi. The guy laughed his ass off, reached under the counter, and pulled out a .38…

The Creator of the Nipple

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Speaking of stiff nipples, I heard you once wanted to become a painter, because of your fondness for nipples. Feeling like Gauguin and his little Polynesian women/girls, are we? So, you're going to try to out-paint God, are you, Mr. Sistine Chapel of the

Convenience Store

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I’m casing the place; my boyfriend Jimmy is about to bust in and rob the store.

Peanut Time

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A peanut, who knoweth

Homonyms

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Ascent/Assent Together the horizon/ Catechism of love

Mr. Pickle and Mr. Peet

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We got a sandwich at Mr. Pickle's, but they cut the sandwich in the plastic. Plastic wrap.

This Cowgirl's Lament

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A tornado and peacock were bred in his paddock; the couple gave birth to a turquoise lasso.

July 16

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Last night as a duration spent hovering in electronic media-space.

Meaning of Life # 18

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To hell with the moon!

Wings

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He knows I talk to angels, what he would call angels. I don’t talk to him.

Threshold

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He wasn't sure if I was joking.

The Centre of the Universe

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"Look Emily, I’m charging your solar powered calculator and helping you relieve your dependence on foreign oil."

MOTHER MOUSE AND HER BRATS

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Oh, you aren't going to lecture us, for heaven's sake?

A New Chapter to Song of Solomon: A Poem

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My beloved lets me crawl into bed and put my feet on him since his skin is warm and hot like a fire roaring from within his soft flesh.

11am, Sunday, in Green

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The eyelid of the sink blinks silence. The clocks choke on smoke.

No Word for Enchantment

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fanned lashes on rouged cheek a glamorous sea creature in violet perfume

Dirt

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Said do you feel it when you touch me?

After the Flood

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That TV you got me? Ruined. And the ionizer fan? Ruined too. All your clothes you left over here, all my work scrubs and weekend dresses too, soaked with that river stink water. I kept thinking bout all the dead creatures.

Parsing We

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An excellent plan. Just like old times.

Bats in the Catacomb

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Dreams / of being a millionaire are replaced by dreams / of being a billionaire

Confinement

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Even music relies on what/ you know as music/ for its power to enthrall.

Ritual

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The dance draws deeper whirling witches weaving rhymes The fire spits fierce in the falling rain soon the spell will spill from secret times

Any Given Recent Day

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Ten-year-old Bobby Akins learned that a shotgun shell struck on its brass end with a hammer can indeed take out the left eye of an eight-year-old brother observing the proceedings close by.

Flutter in Night

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Have you heard this yet? The daughter flew home to care for the mother, whose pump is still tick ticking—though now with aid—which means she leaves the kitchen when the microwave clicks on.

Tongues

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I feel his hand on my face, feel it brush past my lips, and I taste my sister's blood.

Noises

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Another noise, softer than the first: swish, thud. You are still. The house is very loud tonight.

Afterworld

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We suffer// the one agony only- of having no longer/ any physical effect nor way to speak/ of what we watch to those we watch.

Nose

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At the conference her boss showed off his knowledge of wines.