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Alan
post Aug 14 14, 13:38
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stinky with tail up
cat marks his territory
nature's repellant

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post Aug 14 14, 13:58
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nature's repellant
to rain on the back yard tree:
an upturned leaf


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post Aug 14 14, 23:23
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a new leaf turned up
growing from a rotten log
carpenter ant's farm


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post Aug 15 14, 00:22
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carpenter's ant farm
beneath a pile of lumber:
a nest of termites


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Alan
post Aug 15 14, 02:17
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a test of termites
how long til house collapses
rest in peace, dear ant

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post Aug 15 14, 02:40
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dead ants rest in piece
of plywood that you burned;
dreams up in smoke


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post Aug 15 14, 07:00
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dreams go up in smoke
as does smoke go up, in dreams
unless gale does blow

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post Aug 15 14, 14:02
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gales blow useless dust
water binds soil together
growing is a breeze


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post Aug 15 14, 18:54
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growing from a breeze
a dust storm emerges;
destructive dirt cloud


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post Aug 16 14, 00:23
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instructive dirt cloud
Mt Helena blows her top
remember- hold breath

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post Aug 16 14, 00:35
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December holds
its breath for winter winds;
's no use to avoid


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post Aug 16 14, 04:12
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no use for a void
nature abhors a vacuum
room for everything


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post Aug 16 14, 05:52
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room for everything
on the redwood forest floor;
gigantic silence


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post Aug 16 14, 22:49
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galactic sidereal
rotating millions of stars
into entropy


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post Aug 17 14, 02:35
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nature's entropy
all things decay too damn fast
it is permanent

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post Aug 17 14, 08:34
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it's a poor man ant
living on what the queen leaves
following one scent


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post Aug 17 14, 12:46
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following one cent
rolling down the sidewalk;
copperhead snake


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post Aug 17 14, 13:11
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the copperhead snake
names pinned on other reptiles
mankind's perspective


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post Aug 17 14, 14:12
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man's kind perspective
reduced the size of her lie:
'the devil made me'


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post Aug 17 14, 21:39
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devils-food made me
angels-food was no better
I'll stick to good fudge


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