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Mars-a-go-go
slept with both dancers
too many times

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the beautiful young people
don't shop early Saturday
at the supermarket
when they stroll in
the good sales are transformed
to metal shelving

ah, but the memories!
(or lack thereof)

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bleary bagger
celebrated till dawn
movin' kinda slow

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you can't ruin the party

call it what you will
just bring some food

getting together with people
you see once a year
as well as friends

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The Fires of Heck

Ants swarm the cake dish;,

it’s the queen’s birthday:

nothing too good,

no risk too great.

The papier-mache dragon,

on guard from the mantle

belches wood pulp,

which they ignore.

Dragon dreams a fairy, blue,

wants real flesh,

and a prehensile tongue,

teach the vermin a lesson,

and then take flight.

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Sunday Morning At the Mantis's

What a party! Husks of spermatophores stuck all over the living room floor. The carpet still sticky. Whose gamete packets did she take in last night? And whose headless body was lying out by the mailbox?

back from my trip

Here are 6 from my trip to a midwestern surprise birthday party. And yay for noob Alex!

under parking lot lights
only the nondriver wakeful

my chair gleams
under black balloons
doorbell rings

snowdrops and daffodils
bloom back home
new nephew laughs

abandoned mall
call you smell what recession's
cooking?

Ozark mountain woods
thrust bare branches skyward
narrow towns sleep

feet up
and keyboard light green
I'm back