Stories tagged poem

Pimp and Circumstance

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You may want to know who wrote the book of love, but all I really want to know is who, who sprayed the dinosaurs with graffiti? Not some poser Not some Svengali Not some last minute giraffe Not someone from the all girl’s band kn

Begettings

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However did we make it this far/ without murdering one another as the other sleeps

whistle stop

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good bye suckers

Witness

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Someone must bear witness// at a comfortable remove.

whip

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under a laughing moon

The Gallery of Wounds

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The blood is memorable/ as is the copper taste of that/ momentary certainty of lockjaw.

last light

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whisper to me

Thirteen Ways of Looking at Blackbeard

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Across the placid sea/The only moving ship/ Was eyed by Blackbeard

Cockroaches From Heaven

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Cockroaches may be falling through the holes in the floorboards of heaven, but we will not be disturbed. We are agents, free and clear, even if a little bit mean. I want to quit worrying about money, but the angels upstairs won’t let me. The

F...ing Piece of Trash!

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You call this a pen? It barely writes at all. I can’t get anything to come out when I really need it, when I’m desperate to get something down, when the meaning behind everything has finally made itself apparent. Then the pen let’s me down

Delphi and Parlor Games

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Ghosts// and the voice of God/ never actually visited you

The Doorstop of Time

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And then there was a man pissing in 2 urinals, going back and forth between them, saying, “You know how they say 2 heads are better than one? Well, now I get it!”

Dial Tone

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I am asking for something as simple as water. In an oak tree, weeping, a child climbed too high. Tears that the barkstain will never wash clear. O love. We ask far too much when we fall. In a momentary lapsus, the words…

Fun Times at the Memorial Park

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Good times, underground.

The Plot Also Thickens

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Tender Is the Night but Empty Is the Spam Folder