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Doug Potter
Mar 2021
Right Angle America
They ask have we turned
the corner away from
hell toward sun
& lofty ideals?
I am no judge
open your
rosebud
eyes &
see.
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Doug Potter
Feb 2021
Estranged brother
Brother, this all you need to know about my life --
I live near a river where hawks **** & coyotes
run past with varments in their jaws
to be eaten-- fur, sinew
& bone.
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Doug Potter
Feb 2021
Love Lost
She said I need
to pull your
pants off,
lay still or you'll be sorry,
remember last
time?
Maybe I was
three or four
when I ******
the bed;
the next day
mother was gone,
forever.
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Doug Potter
Jan 2019
She Married The Right Man
They gather under
the steeple, beneath
spire and holy cross,
when I run past on
Sunday mornings
especially when
it's sunny with
leaves budding
I think of lifting
the preacher's wife's
dress to her waist,
her eyes glued
to the sky.
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Doug Potter
Nov 2018
Marcie Mae
She loved **** early & too often
was her uncle Mike showed
her how doggies do it &
she taught me how
to howl into
the sky
loud enough
to startle
crows
cause them to shiver
from the oaks &
I loved that girl
who left town
a blue Chevy
it was, so
long
ago.
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Doug Potter
Oct 2017
Ballingall Bus Stop Exit
Hair mottled like
an aged mare
she descends
the steps
one withered leg
dangles from
a purple dress like
a frost nipped
cornflower.
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Doug Potter
Oct 2017
Erogenous
I encircled her waist
with my hands and
lifted her, not as
a trophy, but
to kiss.
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