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[war footing] a parrot sawed in half by peace or quiet ~ [ballerina] dog whistle, nothing’s church-bell: my mother, handcuffed still worships wasp ~ [mothers, acoustic] we are maybe inside an Ohio factory childless and ready for a refresher on orphan etiquette- word is there came a cow from the nothingness that drank nowhere’s father and sleep is death’s babysitter ~ [darker farms] food saved from a house fire – the cult following of nostalgic paranoids – a star, this deer as it prays for moth ~ [annihilatives] the first murdered woman was not killed by her sister. stop me if you’ve not heard ~ ~ also, {name calling} is my newest self-published poetry collection it is available on Lulu book preview on site is book entire free PDF is available. also, free hardy copy available for review.  both upon request. poems, from it, are below: ~ ~ [entries for listen] mirror to window we’re moving away ~ [entries for fixation] the name of this scar is they couldn’t hide the canoe mom says there’s an oven at the bottom of every lake that I was born asleep surrounded by toe touchers is art world-building for the geeks of grief have you crucified starfish ~ [entries for children] remember, it is dark and memory is god painting with the blood of those he would create
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Apr 18, 2017
Apr 18, 2017 at 11:30 PM UTC
{name calling. keeps.}
[war footing] a parrot sawed in half by peace or quiet ~ [ballerina] dog whistle, nothing’s church-bell: my mother, handcuffed still worships wasp ~ [mothers, acoustic] we are maybe inside an Ohio factory childless and ready for a refresher on orphan etiquette- word is there came a cow from the nothingness that drank nowhere’s father and sleep is death’s babysitter ~ [darker farms] food saved from a house fire – the cult following of nostalgic paranoids – a star, this deer as it prays for moth ~ [annihilatives] the first murdered woman was not killed by her sister. stop me if you’ve not heard ~ ~ also, {name calling} is my newest self-published poetry collection it is available on Lulu book preview on site is book entire free PDF is available. also, free hardy copy available for review.  both upon request. poems, from it, are below: ~ ~ [entries for listen] mirror to window we’re moving away ~ [entries for fixation] the name of this scar is they couldn’t hide the canoe mom says there’s an oven at the bottom of every lake that I was born asleep surrounded by toe touchers is art world-building for the geeks of grief have you crucified starfish ~ [entries for children] remember, it is dark and memory is god painting with the blood of those he would create
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Apr 18, 2017
Apr 18, 2017 at 11:30 PM UTC
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