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For the camera
she smiles
otherwise not
and
only when she is
standing beside him
But for the camera?
for the crowd
for posterity
yes
For their children
for the future?
yes, again yes
a thousand times
until her face
be
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109121
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The Mojave Desert remembers Ron Paul
With tattered billboards
Scraped and clawed by vehement dust
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87930
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You’ve got me standin’ on my knees,
A’searchin’ for a beggar’s alms,
From folks who’re deaf to all my pleas
And blind to open palms.
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On an iceberg in the Atlanticyou hunched down nakedin the sunYou were waiting, as thewaves moved you,to reach AustraliaThen you would bound offyour 'berg, as its lastisland meltedAnd you would run freewith the 'roos acrossthe OutbackIt would be years before youarrived,…
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Two Great PoetsTwo Wonderful WorldsOne Flesh & BoneI liked this... love the image.... thank you for writing me this One Pixel ScrawlsIf I am to be nothing but pixel scrawls...then those scrawls will exceed that of far more than flesh and bone... …
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The Beatles on TV
their last show
together
as a group
and we all
knew it
smoking dope
sitting around in large
groups
in living rooms
across the universe
they sang Let It Be
and The Long and Winding Road
knowing
a man
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the farmhouse
of your childhood
lies
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Ze wants an eyebrow for his troubles. he floats it in a glass given him by a silken hand protruding elegant from a blackened, cooked body. the only appendage untouched. Ze saves the palm for last as it tastes the best and makes a fair cup holder.
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37654
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Such innocence between anticipation and disappointment...
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87611
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You can tell
Noah hates
his job
and stares off
into space
not thinking of
birds
or land anymore
or the stars
just that wide
wide water
that won’t go
away
and why in the vast
flooded
damned
world
he was the one
w
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Natty looking
in his 2-tone shoes
and argyle socks
blue blazer
with 3 gold buttons
on each cuff
pale yellow
hemp or burlap
necktie, of course
with a blue shirt
(never white!!)
long mopish hair
hanging on his forehead
and a
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with hips and bottom as wide as the Mississippi
/
They carry it back home/
others to have/
can’t digest it/
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Now I see it!
She broke up with him
and he left a whole stack
of the books she had
given him
out on the sidewalk
where I found this signed edition
of your novel
because she had once given him
a copy of your book
signed by you
for
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Her hair’s the color of LA at night
On such occasions when the Santa Anas
Have left the hills bone-dry and burning bright
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Bright sun beams rise from the east.
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