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Full MoonWhen the Vice President is informed of the impending apocalypse, the Renaissance man turned politician recalls a verse: The moon her magic be, big sad face of infinity. A former academic and University Chancellor, Vice President Jamison has…
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Erased. Like chalk across my body,
a fine powder of forgetfulness,
with a few swipes --- all those names
and faces, gone. The letters burned.
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It is imperfect,/
eroded by the optics//
of light, space/
and orbital mechanics.
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Did we get Jihadi John?/
And the highway to Mosul?//
What’s the score?
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I have tried to sew my eyes shut, and not see,
but vision is the constant dog, looking up to be stroked.
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A cataract moon cloaked in its charcoal fog slowly seeps among the trees; its glance is constant and white,its arc known. I watch its brow of bone with constant wonder.The long slow funeral of America is taking its time; its pallbearers' hands strain…
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Nothing changes; the moon arcs its mindful lemon eye. . .
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It’s Sunday- no need to shave-/
but shave, I do. A little act//
of discipline in the discipline/
of routine.
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I took advantage of a free period this afternoon to nap. When I awoke, I tasted blood. My tongue was swollen. I checked myself in the mirror and saw twin punctures on my lower lip with pinpricks of blood on each. I winked at my reflection and lifted my li
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The Cheshire grinning/
moon cups itself to capture/
Venus should she fall.
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The moon, a blonde eye,comes forward, smiles once. She backs away, shy.
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We are the same shits/
we were in the Bronze Age
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First have a good window seat
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The monkey did not live for long. He’d lost interest in the stuffed dog pretty much right away. The farther away the shuttle, the more garbled and fanciful the sign language the monkey had been taught became.
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