instead of eating
they "reverse vomit"
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we all cling to life
robots on the moon
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Gated Community
she had big tits at 18
and took them as far as she could
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people have nicknames
"Fats" "Tiny" and "Krazee"
but no one is called "Lonely"
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poems are fish
pulled up from
deep blue
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Thananthia
buries her head
in her name
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Amsterdam rainbow
1
the coffee shop owner's son
dedicates both arms
to weed leaf tattoos
2
in the canals
vibration waves
only dogs can hear
3
coasting through firefly clouds
4
destabilizing
interior landscapes
5
arrival at the only city
that encourages
rearranging the senses
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autobiography left to bake
in the oven
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i mobilize insects
spilling coughs
on the floor
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to write on conical paper is to wrap the mind around a hole
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i no longer have
the chopsticks
to meddle in
their marital cacti
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adults walk
seeming to carry
genitals on
their heads
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the tram
went in one
ear and out
the other
never on
time
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would rapes decrease
if everyone had
the same face?
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they shook hands
less nervously
the second time
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her voice was syrup
bathed in frying oil
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the mind you are out of
was never your own
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what came out
before the tunnel
has racial
predilections
in a b.b.q. bowl
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their problem
wasn't falling down
it was that
they got up
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go ahead and get dizzy
headless cowboy
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let syllables drop
like bird food in the alley
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they asked each
other for love
and understanding
as if they were
negotiating
with terrorists
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now that it's over
the heretics were correct
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he ducked
the humiliation
of her hairdo
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you throw boomerangs
at glass mice
as if you have nothing
else to do
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to commemorate your inability
to leave an email unanswered
i threw out one of yours
unread
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vacuum packed elevator held ransom
by pathetic religionless fanatic
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nobody in a safari hat
could claim to be a prophet
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i aimed high
to fly low
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