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Henrietta

 Henrietta 


we would go shopping in Henrietta 

the sprawl near our town 

parking lots stretched forever 

watching from the left side of the car 


it felt like another planet 

fluorescent and asphalt 

its monotony broken by signs 

the kind you’d…

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Men

Men 


I will do the wrong thing 

I’ll do it with style 

just to prove 

I’m alive 


of course you’re correct 

of course you’re clever 

that’s why I’m burning it all down 

just to start over 

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Like a human

 Like a human 


love takes off our pants 

leaves on our masks 

settling on lands 

claimed by earlier peoples 


running our rackets 

offering blankets 

reading histories 

to learn about our evils 


as Sinatra plays 

we go on our way 

smirking…

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On Vibrate



On Vibrate


vibrate the metaphors

fly the songs 

attack tomorrow 

with all you’ve got 

sex the silence 

dazzle the verbs 

eat the film 

cos there’s no cure 

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Situations Circumstances Complications Consequences

 Situations Circumstances Complications Consequences


where does time go 

in these times 

like to get some back

yours and mine 


I can read the news

almost make it rhyme 

but I get so tied up in 

this life of 


situations circumstances…

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Beautiful Objections

 Beautiful Objections 


there’s what you want 

what you need 

what you feel 

what you believe 


what you eat 

what you breathe 

darling we’re 

living things 


with beautiful objections 

nice problems 

keeping us occupied 

within this life 


there’s your time 

your…

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Favorite Films

 Favorite Films


I’ve become someone else again 

under the influence of a film 

something I’ve read 

and the weather 


I just can’t understand how 

I do this job 

pay the rent 

why we’re still together 


leaving is always strong 

quitting…

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Not Yet

 Not yet 


they’ll get 

all they got coming 

watch them gloat 

with a satisfaction 

bordering on sadism 


give them their moment 

let it get into your blood 

so for when we strike 

late at night 


you won’t feel 

the slightest…

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Promises

 Promises


Where did it go-your promise 

to yourself or the world 


you’d held it; protected it 

for all those years 


to release to 

an audience of fools 


it flew like an untethered balloon 

or a deli bag on the wind 

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Limited Edition

 Limited Edition


this is a limited edition 

short print run 

there’s only one 

extant copy 

you’re the one


there’s an invisible mission 

you can’t understand 

you get a few breadcrumbs 

that fall out of your hands  


and most won’t know…

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The Externals

 The Externals


I’ve spent a lifetime  

seeking validation 


from eyes 

of strangers 


fighting impulses  

gaze meets gaze 


 dreams, desires, experience  

 communicate 


vertigo pulls us away  

as a recognition 


dissolves fears 

I thought were only my own 

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Blood of Another Kind

 Blood of another kind 


I ate everything you said 

I bought what you made 

you became a voice in my head 

I followed to a point 


there’s an emptiness ahead 

pain in the back 

I take the vow to

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