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The capitalist is disenchanted with the proletariat for talking about the good old days (a poem)

2019/05/05 — Leave a comment

A conflation of two dramatically unrelated subjects.

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Note to self (a poem) (sort of)

2019/05/04 — Leave a comment

Sometimes I get frustrated by my tendency to fixate on certain themes…

I’m keeping the header image from yesterday’s post to glare at me if I fail to heed my own advice.

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Goodnight, Sister Moon (a poem)

2019/04/25 — Leave a comment

And then the end comes.

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Saint Kevin (a poem)

2019/04/03 — Leave a comment

I’m reading Saint Genet, Jean-Paul Satre’s biography of Jean Genet—although calling it a ‘biography’ is a stretch. So far, it’s more of an existentialist analysis of Genet than anything.

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Going out on a Sunday (a poem)

2019/03/31 — Leave a comment

A bizarre little dream from last night.

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New spring afternoon (a poem)

2019/03/30 — Leave a comment

Warm enough to sit out on the deck this afternoon.

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Lunar complications (a poem)

2019/03/30 — Leave a comment

Somehow, despite an unexpectedly hectic day, I found the wherewithal to turn a rather ordinary poem of lunar imagery into something…well, less ordinary, anyway.

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Bookstore Poem #540

2019/03/28 — Leave a comment

Went to Third Place for the first time in a week…
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a photograph of a downtown freeway viewed on a dim screen in a dark room (a poem)

2019/03/26 — Leave a comment

When nothing else comes to mind…

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This is happening (a poem)

2019/03/26 — Leave a comment

Some of the things I was noticing as I was writing…

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