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2nd and King
I dread 2nd and King to this day. / I was born into a poor family: / dad the drunkard,
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Jun 4, 2014
60-Dollar Deal
an exercise in trust: / her white nisan maxima speeds down the roadway. / speeding away from my sixty-dollar loan?
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Jan 2, 2013
And I Laughed
I remembered how the doors in my apartment are very tall, / how my belt is short, / and how I begin all my relations with goodbye
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Aug 29, 2014
anna, the sunset
Do you remember that old quick stop / (they tell me it's a drug store now) / where we would get our beer each Saturday?
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Nov 17, 2010
An Ode to the ***** of Jesus Christ
I put little stock in counseling, simply because it doesn’t work for / me. That’s reasonable. right? / That’s why I’m not
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Jan 20, 2013
Anthony (In Memory of Virginia)
Virginia and Maxwell are the skin that will grow / together to cover the wound, / and I am the IV.
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May 15, 2012
Antibodies
You are a virus absorbed through the eyes and ears / that attacks the soul. You are nothing more / than your own vaccine
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Feb 17, 2014
A Poem from Beauty to Youth
youth– / someday soon we’ll sit in silent solitude / content and cautiously counting hours
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May 21, 2013
a prayer for The New America
oh, god bless america, / the nation of narcissistic narcoleptics, / and protect her from harm
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Jan 1, 2011
aprils flames.
April's flames made the friendliest fire, / although I feared they would / char and consume my life
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Jul 7, 2010
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