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abcdefg Jan 2012
I think-

-my lungs

are suffocating me from inside,
swelling when I look at you,
beating their fists when you speak.

I think-

-I am

crashing into this feeling
like an airplane in love with gravity.

My heart and liver take up square-dancing,
an internal tribe of wildebeests rampages through
my intestines.

I think-

-I should

breathe more.

~Quick, say something clever~
        

 My lungs dip in and out of the air in shallow strokes.
Devon Brock Nov 2019
I ain't seen no crow do no killin',
never in a day.
****, they ain't even a squabble.
I seen a lot a' crows
on a lot a' roads,
courteous as squaredance,
bobbin' over ****, skunk,
whatever red,
always cool to clear the way
and wait fer a passin'.

I ain't seen no dead crow neither,
not a one.
I seen 'em harried though,
hammered like B-17's
swattin' one o nines.
But that ain't no nevermind.

Pigeons, yep. Lotsa pigeons.
Slapped a few sparra's on the grill.
Never took a pheasant
but I seen 'em,
all broke feather
and bonnet in the ditch.

Baldies?
Now that's a bird that's got one
helluva marketin' department.
Proud one that.
Eats the eyes and *** first.
Runs off the competition.
**** things don't know
bumpers from blimps.
But wha' d'ya do?

A con-vo-cation, yep,
that's what they call 'em -
hell, we almost snuffed 'em
clean out and now we call 'em
a convocation?
Seems a bit stilted to me.
But there you have it -
a convocation a'eagles
a ****** a' crows.
Just goes to show ya',
them namers don't know.

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