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CRUISER BIKE
I bought a cruiser bike / instead of a mountain bike / I’m a sextagenarian
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The Lovesong of Bertha Pappenheim
I would rather be hysterical than vulnerable / to what most people call love. / I would rather couple with strange women
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BAD ZEUS ON HIGHWAY 5
Zeus had plastic surgery, / his fingertips shaved off / so he would not leave prints
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9 WORDS LEFT
My mind was pulsing / with endless subtly shaded descriptors / and shockwave verbs,
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MANDALA SHMANDALA
Hildegard of Bingen / the most musical abbess / of the year 1097 a.d.
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PATRIARCHS
Bodhidharma, the first Zen patriarch, / told Emperor Wu that merit / meant nothing;
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Dog Park
When I get too blue / I laugh at myself / pick up the leash
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UNCONSCIOUSNESS
the addict told ******* / he was moving out of town / and could never be found
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Ayahuasca
Every cell in my body / trembles with anticipation / as the curandero croons
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PSYCHOTHERAPY SALAD
We can make this edible / without utensils / In a strange, menuless kitchen
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