Death Like A Needle
Death like a needle made from a drunken clown's breath sews the shadow of a (I can't make the next two words out. I first wrote this poem in longhand) to your shadow.
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A Moth in Tucson, Arizona
A friend calls me on the telephone from Tucson, Arizona. He's unhappy. He wants to talk to somebody in San Francisco. We talk for a while. He mentions there's a moth in the room. "It's solemn," he says.
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Toward The Pleasures of A Reconstituted Crow
Toward the pleasures of a reconstituted crow I collect darkness within myself like the shadow of a blind lighthouse.
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The Last Surprise
The last surprise is when you come gradually to realize that nothing surprises you any more.
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We Are In A Kitchen
We are in a kitchen in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Some bacon is frying. It smells like a character that you like in a good movie. A beautiful girl is watching the bacon.
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March 18, Resting in The Maytag Homage
Looking out a hotel window it's snowing in New York with great huge snowflakes like millions of transparent washing machines swirling through the dirty air of this city, washing it.
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I Don't Want To Know about It
I don't want to know about it. Tell it to somebody else. They'll understand and make you feel better.
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The Amelia Earhart Pancake
I have been unable to find a poem for this title. I've spent years looking for one and now I'm giving up. November 3, 1970
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Attila at The Gates of The Telephone Company
They said that my telephone would be fixed by 6. They guaranteed it.
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Have You Ever Been There?
I can tell by your eyes that I have asked the wrong question. They look troubled and away. We'll change the subject.
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Flowers For A Crow
You have your friends. I have mine.
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Fuck Me Like Fried Potatoes
Fuck me like fried potatoes on the most beautifully hungry morning of my God-damn life.
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Business
When he died he left his wife three gas stations and a warehouse. He left his mistress two supermarkets.
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Sexual Accident
The sexual accident that turned out to be your wife, the mother of your children and the end of your life, is home cooking dinner for all your friends.
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At The Guess of A Simple Hello
At the guess of a simple hello it can all begin toward crying yourself to sleep, wondering where the fuck she is.
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We Were the Eleven O'Clock News
We were the eleven o'clock news because while the rest of the world was going to hell we made love.
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As Mechanical As A Flight of Stairs
As mechanical as a flight of stairs, as solemn as a flight of stairs, they have found each other after years of looking.
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Here Is Something Beautiful (etc.
Here is something beautiful (etc. I have so little left that you would want. Its color begins in your hand. Its shape is your touch.
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Umbrellaing Herself Like A Poorly-Designed Angel
Umbrallaing herself like a poorly-designed angel she falls in love again: destined to a broken heart which is the way it always is for her. I'm glad she's not falling in love with me.
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I'll Affect You Slowly
I'll affect you slowly as if you were having a picnic in a dream. There will be no ants. It won't rain.
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