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I study the architecture of hunger. I listen to intuitions. I have a map of heaven and a map of hell and they are the same map.
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Well, hello
hunger: what a sweet surprise.
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1240 1 0
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Duffy struck an adversarial tone from the outset, offering up a first poem about improper expenses submitted by members of Parliament that ruffled feathers across party lines.
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[YOU BETTER BE READY FOR THIS!]
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I will not leave the boat.
The sea has left you.
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Seems I was in the wrong place, wrong time.
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1240 4 1
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This time is different. The dream doesn’t continue with endless walking.
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1240 6 3
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With the sudden thrust//
of April green, we can forget/
our drought continues.
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1240 2 1
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A horse is a horse
Of course, of course
Unless it's a horse
Without a Loofah
You better look into the mirror
Check the picture window too
I may not be the only one
Who's broken
Don't it take a little more
When I'm not with you?
Don
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The boy in the elevator with round glasses, /
who carried a newly-purchased broom, /
was tall and burdened with clothes
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Once I get through this I'm going to start: daily yoga stretches; walking the dog all the way to the waterfall every morning; tossing out, unread, Saturday's ads so I don't think about going into Walmart to buy Stack-A-Shelves (assembly required). Hey, even…
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one season slips into another
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1240 4 1
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I have to look closely to be sure But they are there Bold stickers on three sides of the truck's cab Porcine cartoons Cutely admonishing No fat chicks! I am enraged Who does this guy think he is? This contractor's helper who makes …
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Ben panicked momentarily. Which passport?
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1239 2 0
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Angelo stood to the side and lit a cigarette.
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1239 3 2
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His thoughts drifted to when he was a kid, to the monthly trip to the barber.
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1239 3 2
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and then he began to sing, along with the ghostly villagers
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1239 4 2
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He saw in her something fierce and wild
and gently led her to
his open palm...
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I was in a bar waiting for a friend when two ugly women sat next beside me. When our eyes met, they gave me a smile. I smiled back out of courtesy. I wasn't in the mood to have a conversation not because they're unattractive, but my friend was horribly…
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1239 7 1
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The new poetry
comes in shining
metal boxes
covered in glass
so you can peer in.
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Lucy entered the open door next; she had been inside the cat litter house before: Brother Fran didn’t bother to cover turds he’d laid. He spoke of the outdoors: lizards he’d separated from their heads, world of work.
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With a deep breath she closed her eyes. Azure saw where she was at through night vision.
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I remembered because the man took us to see the horses. I didn't see something that set off a series of memories. I only saw the stables and the moon sitting pensively below the firmament. I looked at these and there was spaciousness between the moon and the stables and…
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1239 0 0
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My writing career began with sitting around the tree eating Christmas presents.
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never have i wanted/ to stay in one place long,/ flight inspired to escape/ existential ennui--
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an artist sits in the sun
moving fingers through long hair
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I fancy myself a spy. Unofficial official of the H. O. A. Super secret free agent agent of the Glenwood Homeowner's Association. Even the board is unaware of the work I do in their name, without the faintest utterance of their name. Only the highest of the high, the…
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The game is set, thirty pound gobbler at the center; brined, browned, and buttered to perfection.
The players take their places around the table: Reagan’s_Disciple and BraBurner38 sit at the head seats, eyeballing each other over a fizzing bottle of dom
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