985 5 4
|
She laughed as she stuck up the word flaccid,
it kept falling down
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810 3 3
|
my heartis a brokenstandpipefanningcity water cayenneacross sidewalksgutters ripple redover fast food bagsand cigarette buttsover the feetof priests and pit bullsover the handsof drunksand babiesand into the mouthsof ratsand raconteurs you never oughtadrink…
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1275 3 2
|
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972 7 5
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We are impressed and cheer them on/
in their struggle against the wild/
and unkempt ravages of nature
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657 15 17
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the kind of thing that begins with a fist
|
77 6 4
|
Call a geologist instead.
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884 9 8
|
What will become/
of the resource-sucking poor
|
1283 8 6
|
My wife tells me/your dog has vomited/
on the carpet AGAIN!
|
3 0 0
|
If they could, what would they call us? Warriors? We never had the chance to see the sun. I've been learning so much here--how to walk fast, how to understand the way Chinatown moves into the Village, how to take the train back to…
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1117 4 5
|
I sat at
the vast graveyard
of broken hearts
on the mending fence
of wonderment
unsealing the silence
of the wounds
I began to put the pieces
together
like a puzzle against
forgetting
|
1859 17 11
|
(Insert poignant line here)
|
1159 0 1
|
|
895 0 0
|
that lightheaded feeling you have right now is a good thing
|
1000 4 3
|
the ones that have seen
the other seasons,
let them set up the track
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1018 7 8
|
Number the herd. Number/
the baskets after harvest./
Note the reappearance of the moon/
after its short absence.
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