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What the Fly Thought
On a hot hot day / nothing better than / sweet sticky rice coconut
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May 3, 2011
The Case for Socialism
Oh, Progress! We found you at the back of / The movie theater, spidered around a boy / And we watched. Progress, couldn’t you
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Apr 26, 2011
The Sickness
Before I knew you / I thought you’d changed, too / Thank you, you proved me wrong
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Apr 26, 2011
Several Haikus for Doubt
I. You know what it’s like / It’s the carpet pulled away / It’s the hole beneath
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Jan 3, 2011
Navigating a Way to the Sea, the Sky Swelled
It should be there, the sea / It was clear by how the sky bloomed up ahead / It was standing up for us
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Dec 26, 2010
Moonshine Summer
It was a weird hour when the sun towered / To be slick with moonshine / Cozied shirtless in a rope hammock
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Dec 26, 2010
A Gopher's Death
The Gopher was born / Underground. He spent so much / Of his life there. His eyes never adjusted
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Dec 4, 2010
City Dweller
As with any person that comes to the city / others will say of him that he came to be / where the action is, looking for his share of the spoils
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Nov 29, 2010
Fire Season
Fires are unbiased— / They burn what suits their mood. / I like to do my running
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Nov 29, 2010
Soccer Game
we play with a retired professional but / none of the other kids mind— / his alcoholism has gotten the better of his muscle
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Nov 29, 2010
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