Stories tagged poem

The Artist Wannabe

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Hot Weather

Cocoon

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When I go to the protest to be arrested, I tear / pages from the library books. I fold each, tucking

Life as a Porno

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It could as well be late night infomercials/ saturating the screen// with medieval looking exercise machines

Destructive Intent

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she drinks him in and savors him like a / sip of the mocha capp sliding down her throat.

Note To Self

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Along with Bad Bunny comes the reckless dancing the ambulance chases and the long, drawn-on faces

5 True Things

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5. When I feel the need to pray because I am too filled with joy or too afraid I pick a tree within view and pray to it.

Ode to an Afro (or Going Natural in a Corporate World)

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In praise of the colorful flock with crowns of teased cotton candy rising high above Modular walls, stalled operating systems staling coffee and pale corner offices

Summer Circa 1960

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A latch key boy, free/ to do the stupidest things-- like jumping// off the carport roof clutching a homemade/ flying machine that couldn’t fly

Basic Principles of Physical Space

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a body lost in thought stays hopelessly lost in thought for as long as the latte lasts and the coffee shop stays open and the moms don’t gather with their baby carriages and the bums don’t bum overly much and the trust funders don’t lose too

Aging Bikers and Biker Chicks on Vacation

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Chin beards, flannel shirts, Levis no boots anymore, just loose sandals their chicks with double triple multiple chins falling asleep on their own palms

Junk Pulse

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Me included...

Awaiting What the Afternoon May Bring

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Another siege/ with kamikaze fervor.

The Night Before the Last Day of Summer

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Tonight is our last night to dream.

Something Horrible Has Happened

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The smart drivers know the signs/ and the back street ways around the wreck.

The Sinking Boat of Evolution

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Living dangerously, I left my house with no glasses, no umbrella. I also forgot my straw hat, no purple dye for my gray hair, my map of the world to come,