Stories tagged poem

Birds of a Feather

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Contention over market share/ is bred in them and we are cousins

April

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Well, hello hunger: what a sweet surprise.

Saturday Morning, Minus One

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For August and Enkidu

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Even among the thousands of black cats/ in the world, though, he would nonetheless/ be my favorite with those impurities of light brown tufts

Haiku for Jogging

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Haiku for Jogging

Advice to the Lovelorn at the Mall

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Beware of shouting Dress Barn, Dress Barn! when having an orgasm And don’t tell him you were seeing Starbucks when you came

Flickers

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Saturday at Portobello market. Wind whittles leaves from the trees; casts shop signs into windows, turning glass to shimmering fishscale.

Something Strange There Is

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Maybe God couldn’t find His bifocals, and that’s why my check for ten million hasn’t shown up yet. Maybe a stray dog in heaven ate my check. Maybe God went bankrupt like everyone else. Okay, so maybe at the end of life I’ll balance my checkbook. I do

When the Germans Were On the Roof of the World

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Hand shaking as she drinks from her cup, talking non-stop on her cell phone. Blue eyes, dirty blonde pigtails tied up with blue ribbons, pink polka dot shoulder bag, old pock-marks along her cheeks. Having long discussions over the phone wit

I Saw Your House Again Today

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"Yeah, well, you weren't the first, not the first time I cheated on my husband. We cheated on each other, plenty of times. So, don't get a swelled head over it." That's what she said.

Cardiovascular

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circumstances// squeeze the heart so hard/ that you should die but don’t.

The Soul

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Let’s put the soul back together Someone’s been taking it apart Let’s re-invent God but do it right this time Let’s make sure He’s nice No more crime, or devil, or war No more whores of the imagination No outer or inner worlds Just one world

Not Art

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this is not art

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

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Rothko explored horizons,/ blurring figure and ground/ by omitting the figure.

a crushed pepsi can floats down

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These days, even God has a day job.