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When the Court Does Comes to Rule: The Trial of GalileoWhen all the men in white gather ‘round, / And all their smiles they have pulled down, / And God is all they learned in school
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Sijo StrugglesIt's in the scarred lines and scarlet gargles I often dwell / On the ugly, weighted, guttural g's of the word struggle / But followed easy and elastic by running tongue on teeth
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Sijo Suburbia:What's my Problem, Doc? It's that simple-glaze sugary madness / That gingerbread, paired with lysol and lipstick: paired with street and box / Those perfect, angular crumbs that file my highbrow into conformity
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MuteThe best thing about me is that I'm mute / I can say whatever I like and no one seems to hear me / I like being mute
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i think i understandIt’s clear to me now / Why some burdened men and women / Try to lose themselves
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The Vellum Does CryThere are many ways / to break the spine / of a book.
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The Astrologist's NightmareI saw it a few days ago / I chanced a glance into the void / The place in which all emotions fall and seclude themselves
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As it is WrittenWhite collars meet soil / Holy hangings, righteous men shake their heads / Throw your glory before the swine
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Sijo SunsetIn limbs outstretched like grandiose wisefolk, the eve's magnolian / Flame-feathered finch saw naught, went unseen: crown of tree, bead of red / Kindled prayers granted ageless passage to embrace the sun and kiss the sky
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Into IndigoAn arid lantern exhales abrasive hums / It rests in the smothering cloak of humid anticipation / Names of children are scrawled on the nicotene crickets’ lattice backs
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