bye walter-- back to roots 

bye walter-- back to roots

10en20 (1o poems in 20 minutes)


ancient secrets
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deep in our cells is the dust from
exploded stars, some atoms carried
in a hot wind at the beginning of
time. no wonder we wander,
looking for that hot light we
know we were a part of,
long before we knew of knowing.


die trying
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wax and feathers
and a wish for that return:
I don't pity icarus
or those who die trying

who's lurking
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quiet shadow readers
don't think we don't know
you have a story

now you've done it
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now you done it
now you said it
there's cat, here's bag
and didn't we dread it


on board for the duration
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not like you didn't have a choice--
a sophie's one, but hey,
it's a free country
except for the taxes
except for how you pay



Lurkin', and lovin'
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flowsy posy poetrix pie
scared the poets and made them fly
if winslow and amy would come to play
flo would shut her mouth someday


still out here on the porch
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I rock because I like the sound it makes, wood on wood and sometimes
there are leaves get in there too, which gives a good rustling
sound. also rocking is exercise and soothes what gets broken in me:
after 20 years what do you expect from all these parts we got?

pie at st. ignace
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it's humble, which you expected
with a crummy crust
but all sorts of summer
in every red sticky bite



yank the baby
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yank the baby gentle
rock the baby slow
sing the baby sleep
kiss the baby so

hush the baby soft
cry the baby sweet
love the baby long
give the baby teat

hold the baby high
sleep the baby low
wrap the baby snug
watch the baby glow


human vegetable
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eve's garden
grew one
with a nixon nose