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Answers to the Proust questionnaire
taking a summer nap on a Sunday afternoon drowning in delusion my curious tongue, testing the…
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God, I feel good
I do not push the river I do not bend the trees I did not choose…
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you consider, again, the burden of lovethe psychology of it”psychology” being a past you can’t shakethe…
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Swamps, fevers & threatening storms
cloud cover brings a cold wind thru the zipperand I can still almost hear the chanting crowd…
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The season of others
Even in pure, animal nightThere is no alternative to gladness But the taste of it is never…
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Sun-bathing on the porch in that good spring air
In Seattle, spring comes fluttering its eyes, the blurred-bright image of blue sky drawn from a…
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Eppur si muove
even if the moon has as smooth a surface as god’s winking eye even if we…
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Chance encounters
In a past life I was a dancer. I know this because I met my former…
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Retail therapy
you get this sanded-down feeling behind your eyes so you blow off work you drive downtown…
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An ugly poem
I want to raise hell and let myself get fat, to bar hop in the city…
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Where poetry fails
What better way to say “I love you” than this: directly, in whatever language you speakto…
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Groundhog’s sorrow
The groundhog did not see his shadowBut winter did not endWe drove him back into his…
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A little prayer
Lord, give me words,I never know what to say.
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How today’s solar eclipse will affect your zodiac sign
ARIESWhat do diamonds and daffodils have in common? They’re both born with a little dirt on…
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Parking in the city
I wouldn’t say I miss you. We met right on schedule, and parted not a moment…
