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Stealing Shakespeare
I’m thinking Shakespeare, this guy Those publishers stealing his art I’m thinking and wondering why Profit: I wonder about his heart Edit whichever they might like Changing it mainly from the start...
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At the Rail
At the Rail, At the best spot in the bar Everyone crowds ‘round me I’ve come so far Can’t they just let me be? Much work all week Fleeting warmth with the breeze Free will amidst free drinks...
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Josh Hartnett at Nick and Eddie’s
Dark dingy back room parlor Josh Hartnett served simply My roommate sat farther She talked- speaking briskly He seldom leaned over Pouring glasses for the tipsy She became lucid sober ‘Twas her eyes...
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American Sonnet
We lost the interest before we began Moving fixed posters on the thick walls Level-headed distinguished man Digging hard and working all Sight beheld in the palm of worn hand Many created problems...
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Lock and Dam No. 7
On a boat close an expansive dam A boy accompanied an Old Man Fishing for hours cold hands Only to have come up few clams The river remained rough Water spray wet brown splash Bubbles in the water...
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The Great Human Specimen
(Words of which describe feeling; the impossible to relate.) Thoughts we couldn’t possibly know Interpreting best we can Relating as we move in growth From anger to love; make amends Constant ebb and...
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a writer engaged…
Engaging keys to dance on the screen a sticky banged-out sort of language, eyes flicker-flash as they register, each finely enacted word is painted. Sentences used decidedly, discrete- far beyond just...
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Entitlement Changes Everything,
I won’t buy shit I don’t need. I won’t sell worthless materials. I won’t attempt to acquire possession, save foil distraught people. I won’t sellout my “loved ones”. I won’t assume the intent of the...
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Selfie Job
Another day of internet fame Giving our selfies to the world Loving fake realism abound Bright as diamonds and pearls. We could reflect on vanity We could unpack and unfurl This camera lens needs a...
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Finals in a Boat
Thick are these academic papers; We cling to as long proved assets. Fingers flip thru dull page after page, Proving proclaimed righteous passage. Moving red eyes scan this distant mote, To grasp sought...
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Naive
Fickle love’s passing fate, Seen a wretched cold world; Sweet birdsong of the wind, And a blouse lay unfurled.
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Cedar Lake South
Colors undulated in water’s reflection Each vessel thrown motion on waves. Daylight slipped between fast shadows Astir with dust, sunscreen, and wake. Reading and discussion as people laze, Land...
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The Groundhog Day Blizzard
was stuck inside an office checking local news for hourly traffic reports and telling the folks to go home hopefully before five. It was natural driving a truck, and where does one exert so much energy...
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i took Sunday full
O’ fatty bacon ends and dirty dishes, and sunlight on the blue kitchen floor. here we talk aloud about running the nation as if it’s even a possibility. i like the way flesh smells in the air, when the...
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