a set of 10en20s 

a set of 10en20s

the game: everyone calls out titles, then you have 20 minutes to write a poem for each. this was a 7 in 15.


walking the creek
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the rocks don't hurt
by august; her feet are
summertough, and
she's brown as the
minnows that scatter
as she passes

zebra underfoot
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first it was the white elephant,
in the dining room,
quiet, sure, but god the
smell, and then the birds
came in, all colors flashing
but feathers everywhere,
and the noise to boot,
and now
this zebra
underfoot.

go pull your own chicken
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sadie says that
she likes
do it yrself
men

Mesopotamian Rhapsody
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everything was fine
till the water ran dry
corn grew high
babylonian pie
everything was cool
till the mongol fool
wrecked the machine
fucked up the dream
everything grew
til the invaders drew
the suicide sword
oh no oh lord
the water ran dry
mesopotamian bye-bye


spinning around to see what's back there
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the tree came
faster than her head
returned
the angels here
wear starched white
and hover above
whispering
don't look twice
it's all right

white trash in a waiting room
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hey
I bleed just the
just the same
hey

3:14 a.m.
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all too familiar
with the ceiling stare
and the glaring
red
and the hard
hard bed