Stories tagged poem

Briefing

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Petty minds think arithmetic thoughts/ in units of dollars and cents// and strive to quantify the world

I thought I saw two crows having sex but I didn’t.

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I thought I saw two crows having sex, but I didn’t. They were just eating a fat young little squirrel. I thought I saw two crows having sex, but I didn’t. They were just reading the Sunday paper. I thought I saw two crows having sex, but

the waitress

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she smiled

Of Roses and Hyacinths

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The blooms are practical/ and cannot see themselves

The Fart at the End of the Orgasm

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The release of having an orgasm would make Sharon fart, pretty loud too. But that way I always knew when she had finished, that, and she would collapse, because the way she was built, she had to be on top in the sitting position in a car seat, or o

Suicide Consulting Hotline

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We exist to facilitate/ successful conclusions of hopeless lives.

Intelligent Design

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Posit butterflies/ as evidence of heavenly design.

The Origins of Farting During Orgasm

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It began with the dinosaurs. That is one thing you should be aware of. It doesn’t just happen out of the blue. Female dinosaurs developed this method of scaring off any competition for their bag-ass mates. And it worked so well that it dev

Hubbled

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The nearsighted world/ puts on its lenses

With Flying Colors

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Head down, licking the ground like a human mop. Flying in Molasses after a deadly night of drinking – what? Apple cider? Would you believe? Me neither. I’m like a beaver, chewing my way through your mound of hair, and I don’t c

Welcome to One-Point Perspective

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He passes by you with flying colors and disappears into the one-point perspective, never to reappear again. And I’ll tell you the truth, there’s no use crying over spilt youth now that it’s gone. There were 50 Shades on the windows, and yo

Coyote Captured Outside Lower Manhattan Café

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I heard the patron yelling, “Hey, man! That’s my cappuccino!” when the young female snatched it and got away. But the police cornered her a few blocks away, licking the last bits of foam off her wiley whiskers. That’s how they knew they had

tchotchke

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tuck me

Sacrifice

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They rise up, a sullen, sorrowful/ army of reproach, staring,// stone-faced but eyed with fire.

Use a Chainsaw to Get That Song Out

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There’s always a new wave of teeny-boppers coming over the horizon to steal their slice of the pie Playing in upstart bands with names like I V Finger, Suzy’s Ships, Vanilla Rum Bottle and 19 Minutes My Ass