Autumn Poem 2012
Call capable
a lemony
light & fragile
Time like a ball and elastic
so I can stop burning the pots
wondering yes electric stove
She is her but I don't reme
mber remember
the ashes I obsess She said
I was obsessed with
(not wanting to work with
ashes)
Mandible dream
says the street
& ash work
because the scorn
and ions long
there I wor I woke up
in the overlooked dark
I work
do that warp twistingly
wrap the dead
Black and white like the
long-dead starved pet rodent
eating the basement
curtains and peanut shells
I walk I wal
I walks down sometimes
why the advi
abide the advice was
not "Fair better"
but "Fail better"
Auto dish soap
½ and ½
Coffee beans
Bake the golden things
Rust colors
Rust colors
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