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Family Pantoum

He had a red raised bump from writing too long

Now, I feel a proud resistance from my 36 ‘o clock shadow’s frill

Summer cicadas, on Cranfield Road, always sang their song

and the sun set behind our blue Appalachian foothill

 

Now, I feel a proud resistance from my 36 ‘o clock shadow’s frill

I got to shoot Dad’s 30/30 rifle when I was fourteen

and the sun set behind our blue Appalachian foothill

No other Bayless has ever seen Peru’s countryside eaten in fire and morphine

 

I got to shoot Dad’s 30/30 rifle when I was fourteen

but Mom has always been a vegetarian (except for some fish)

No other Bayless has ever seen Peru’s countryside eaten in fire and morphine

Cheese, fruit, and silence is our favorite family dish

 

But mom has always been a vegetarian (except for some fish)

Mimi and Leiron love cats and Pops and I on ink relied

Cheese, fruit, and silence is our favorite family dish

Mimi’s glasses, shaken by sobs and laughter, fell off when he died

 

Mimi and Leiron love cats and Pops and I on ink relied

his dead lips were painted a shade too red, inexcusably

Mimi’s glasses, shaken by sobs and laughter, fell off when he died

The trashcan in my room was filled with murdered versions of his eulogy

 

his dead lips were painted a shade too pink, inexcusably

Summer cicadas, on Cranfield Road, always sang their song

The trashcan in my room was filled with murdered versions of his eulogy

He has a red raised bump from writing too long.

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cyril-blythe
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Aug 26, 2012
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