With a bit of whistling and a roll of the wrist
I slipped into some rusty overalls to go
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Passing from the light, I glimpse
my daughter in the midnight kitchen
glow, dipping ice-cream
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Between these yellow lines,
The promise of safety
Retreats before the distraction, impatience, the
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"Now we will find
what the rest have left behind."
—Lil Green
There, not here, is
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if you concentrate
hard enough, sometimes
the fourth wall breaks—
fading just a moment
to
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A secret disclosed in art class:
the face is five eyes wide.
You pencil the extras in
and
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If you call on
me
one evening
in the city
of un-
known poets
we'll talk
not a
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The poltergeists come,
one by one,
and they do not know
one another's faces,
only the
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I've always been curious
about the identities of old statues.
The minds
behind the cool
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Sometimes, a fishhook
and a bit of flesh
are all you need
to save your baby
and
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I'll never forget us
entraining this freight at dusklight
to escape cabbage farms, rusted
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And still I'm traipsing through the fields
of wildflowers and grass and foxtails. Beyond
these
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Your voice, too fast, chattering,
clattering against my Self,
breaking into my thoughts,
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This bright sun peeking
over the eastern hills
seems to remind you of
the exuberant joy of
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feeling like a dog's
wet breakfast, I comb my hair
and dress in a cleaner
shirt. in the
...
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trying my hand
again at Selby Jr.
in my comfortable
apartment
with a balcony
in the
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Shall I tell you the story of the man
who loved playing his cello
and hated having to talk,
so
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