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Love Pomes are Forever
I shaved my legs.You waxed your ass.We shared a six-pack.You held your gas.You drove me home.I gave you head.You passed out coldin the middle of my bed.Sweet lump of dough,please give me a sign.Is this true love,My Valentine?© catnapping
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February 14, 2009
An Umteenth Edit
I keep paring...and now I've gone from 3rd person to 1st...trying to take the preachiness out. The title is probably, I am not a ghost...: I am not eyes and earsin a box, waitingfor gods to cut the tape.I am a simplicityof odd stones,tumbling.I am a momentwhispering into the mouthsof waiting trees.I am the grassesand I am the deerborrowing ...
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February 2, 2009
VFW
Sitting with friends at a long table clutteredwith bowls of oatmealand cold stacks of pancakes,he holds his coffee mugwith both hands.And recites the memoryof a cold ditch in Korea,of hot chinese metaland smoldering wool,and the certainty that he would burst into flames. © catnapping
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November 8, 2008
rime time
When Dumbfiddle's doohickeywent on the fritz,they took it apartto fix up the bits.They unwound the winder,and loosened the lidthat unsprung the springles,and scattered her wits. © catnapping
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October 26, 2008
your haiku.
perfect, as always. it's ginsberg-esque in that it's a complete sentence. i love when that happens. thank you, sogal.
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October 25, 2008
Tom
Secrets in his mouth,crayons in his hand,2 days from now,6 years ago,he fell from the earthinto the world,just as the leaveswere letting go. © catnapping http://theoddneighbor.blogspot.com/2006/01/first-kiss.html
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October 23, 2008
Cuban Pickle Crisis
Actually, I uploaded this to my blogmonths ago...waiting for the 22nd of October to actually remove it from 'drafts'...hoping that I'd have some decent illustration to add: When I think back to the 50s and 60s, I remember that it was the era of Flying Saucers and Green Men from Mars...Xenophobia was pandemic, and paranoia ruled the day. On ...
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October 22, 2008