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JustDaniel
post Sep 20 17, 10:53
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thought shows
what you're doing
to your unconscious mind
which hasn't thought in many years
soundly


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post Sep 21 17, 00:01
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spent youth

soundly
passing into
elderly life with you
needs no reason when lovers want
that path


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post Sep 22 17, 03:42
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TRIED HANKY

that path
rims Alaska;
iditerod makes run
each and every nose on its track
duly


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post Sep 24 17, 08:21
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drips yeast

duly
reprimands me
in grammar but it’s a
plural genre like physics is;
so what?


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post Sep 28 17, 11:23
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SEWIN THRED

sew what
ever you wash
when each load has a burr
in the socks that tears a new hole
needs fixed


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post Sep 29 17, 20:27
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never dined

needs fixed,
eat lunch and I
vegetate in my den
enjoying the food I ate;
relaxed


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post Sep 30 17, 09:23
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ROYAL DIETS

relaxed
old spaghetti
you left sitting outside
always stands with kingly diet
laughers


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post Oct 3 17, 13:29
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lawn’s seeds

laughers
are the people
who amuse everyone,
negating the clouds of the sad-
sack’s tears


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post Oct 3 17, 15:03
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SWORD RENDS

sacks tear
where he poked the
openings with his weapon
removing their contents with mired
deft hands


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post Oct 4 17, 21:38
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dense sinew

deft hands
ease muscles I
need to relax and then
sleep sets in and the painful ache
ends now


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post Oct 7 17, 19:50
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snow ends
when it lands
but more keeps coming down
until those dark clouds above leave
nothing


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post Oct 8 17, 16:22
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now in genes

nothing
of consequence
will be read or written
in this body where we both share
nice jests


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post Oct 12 17, 15:22
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nice juts
with our epees
while no one watches us;
we just keep flailing our pens in
the air


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post Oct 15 17, 06:55
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the air
around our place
is filled with honey bees
drinking sugar water; there’s no
pollen


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post Oct 18 17, 19:10
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Polly
wants a cracker;
she's very prejudiced
frequently snapping at black folks'
corn bread


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post Oct 20 17, 21:11
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cornbread
and pie are squared
depending on the low
or high pot in use when cooking
a round


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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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post Oct 22 17, 07:28
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around
our little house
runs a wide covered porch
on the driveway side and along
the front


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post Oct 23 17, 21:20
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to be a tease

the front
of the new store
becomes an area
exposing the things you and yours
adore


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post Oct 24 17, 09:08
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ADORE REARS

a door
does much to hide
one's sight from area
responsible in some way for
eye yens


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post Oct 25 17, 10:28
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eerie shows

eye yens
etch the brain with
ribald thought that’s taboo;
increasing when you feel they show
evils


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