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Sonoran Song
Melt with me in dry rivers / against saguaro lined trails / until night slices in slivers;
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Oct 11, 2010
Taste Test
****** on a bun / or bean-curd-veggie-burger? / The cows win—and lose.
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Oct 11, 2010
Forgotten
You ask for my name / as I call you Grandfather— / Alzheimer’s stole it.
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Oct 11, 2010
In Need of Salvation (and a Podiatrist)
My feet have callused / cracks, so I worry about / my immortal sole.
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Oct 11, 2010
Fuse
*Inspired by “The Burning Giraffe” by Salvador Dali* / I am defined by what clutters my drawers: / • Aortic—a tattered matchbook with a phone number I never called
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Oct 11, 2010
Asking Lenore How to Write
May I borrow your wing on the wind; / I’d like a different perspective, a little yesterday, / because the selection I have is too personal.
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Oct 11, 2010
Pebble Round
Dawn stretches and yawns / in yellow, poking fingers / through vertical blind slats;
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Sep 10, 2010
A Key to Locks
Crocheted into a chain stitch to capture the unruly; / I believe the French / translated this to make it more suitable
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Sep 8, 2010
Shish Kebob
Skewer a bleak piece of meat, bruising / rhythmic hips bumped up / against Formica while stirring
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Sep 8, 2010
You Gotta Live it to Play it Right
Dim, the stagnant booze-air clears; / thick velvety curtain lifts, / reveals
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Sep 8, 2010
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