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step martyr

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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…

Still

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Later

Saturday Matinee, Circa 1961

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We are impressed and cheer them on/ in their struggle against the wild/ and unkempt ravages of nature

Letter for K.

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the kind of thing that begins with a fist

Dowser

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Call a geologist instead.

Futurist

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What will become/ of the resource-sucking poor

Explaining To A Dog

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My wife tells me/your dog has vomited/ on the carpet AGAIN!

October

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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…

The Human Phenom Project

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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

Sloth

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(Insert poignant line here)

Sixes and Nines

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"I understand."

Code Book of Apathy

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that lightheaded feeling you have right now is a good thing

The Skill in Gravity

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the ones that have seen the other seasons, let them set up the track

The Figured Surface

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Number the herd. Number/ the baskets after harvest./ Note the reappearance of the moon/ after its short absence.

Fear of Flying My ass

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Caution: Flirtation devices Will drop down From overhead Cover your face first Before flirting with The passenger next to you Try to remain In an upright And locked position For as long as possible Until told to eject