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
... [+]
feeling like a dog's
wet breakfast, I comb my hair
and dress in a cleaner
shirt. in the
... [+]
trying my hand
again at Selby Jr.
in my comfortable
apartment
with a balcony
in the
... [+]
Shall I tell you the story of the man
who loved playing his cello
and hated having to talk,
so
... [+]
How do immortals recognize
each other, you ask?
By our palimpsest of scars and wrinkles,
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One day, long after they were gone,
cleaning out a cabinet in my grandparents' house,
buried
... [+]
She,
a wayward rock comes flying
through the vault of heaven crashing
into you.
You
... [+]
The dog ate the turkey. Then killed all the village swans, piled the white corpses at the front ... [+]
The tiger in the Asian wood
gives no thought to "did" or "should,"
but, ever tense and present
... [+]
I tucked my hair, long
and blond like Kurt's,
behind my ears.
Red flannel hung low,
loose
... [+]
We head toward the peach orchard,
the one we found midsummer
at the edge of town, past the
... [+]
A police van
has been
overturned
and the Burger King
on the corner
is burning,
and if
... [+]
I have seen this movie before,
I know how it ends, with troops in the streets,
and the charred
... [+]
The bird contained
within a bone-melded cage
tries to breathe:
a bubble of air rises,
a pump
... [+]
If you swim before the children wake
take me along. Though it is you, Folly Beach
lifer, and me
... [+]
Her face beneath the glass coffee table.
A marble ornament,
a plated face.
Weigh heavy a
... [+]
He climbed a telephone pole first;
next, a cell phone tower,
because he'd heard of ancient
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