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bigman

5/10/2022

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Brazen copperhead.
Big man.

Staying afloat
on the backs
of others.
 
I’d love to ask:
how do you sleep?
 
but I know
the answer –
 
restlessly,
under a veil of fear
that another big man,
 
younger,
fitter,
and with bigger teeth
 
is already
climbing
your back
​
on their way
to the top.
(From the Alphabet anthology)
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where are the dragons?

4/18/2022

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​Where are the dragons?
Are they under the wagons?
Or up and down rivers
gobbling up salmons?
 
Are they hiding in fires,
in pots, and in pails?
Is there sunlight and moonlight
shining off their bright scales?
 
Are they up in the belfry?
Are they ramping down dales?
 
At the foot of the hearth
in inclement weather?
Under a rug?
Down in a cellar?
 
Pretending they’re smaller
than pieces of thread,
curled up into shoeboxes  
under the bed.
 
Are they blending in green
or blending in red?
Are they riding their bicycles
in the bicycle shed?
 
Are they stuck in a sock
behind the mantelpiece clock?
 
Hey, dragons where are you,
where do we look?
(From the Cake For Breakfast anthology)
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no

3/29/2022

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I come on a string
of ghostly horses
and eagerly anticipate a kiss.

You say / No,
first show me what presents you bring.

So I unravel all I have.
There are forest fires
and ponies,
ropes made from fantasies
and a thousand adoring citizens.
There are wishes
and chestnuts,
slippers to wear in the fields
and corpses from the mouths of chocolate bunnies.

You say / No.

So I unravel more.
There are oceans
and llamas,
comedies and dramas,
there is the North Star and the South Pole,
a bowl of devil toffees
and sneezes that look like meteor showers.
There are crackers
and whistles,
a ride on a magic kettle 
and tickets to Carlsen and Caruana.

You say / No.

So I unravel more.
I unravel my heart
and my guts,
my veins and my skin and my nightmares,
my will to live and my spirit.

You say / Ok.

But I am spent,
bruised like a fog.
I hang in tatters, 
and you say / it's over.
And then I realize the startling truth -
you never wanted me after all,
you just wanted the thought of me.  
(From the Notes For A Train Ride anthology)
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universal acumen, RE: wisdom #5 (Of shipwrecks & atoms)

3/16/2022

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Shipwrecks they will find
all in good time,
we bicker over things
that are petty.
The scientists debate
on atoms in states,
and we bump heads
on issues so silly.

Doctors request
samples and tests,
we long for things
we don't need,
and in the end
we still have to contend 
with a universe
much greater than we.
(From the Herds of Words anthology)
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Distance

3/12/2022

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Cargo ships are beautiful –
on the horizon
in the big, fat ocean.
 
That’s the measure of distance.
​
It can make even
the loneliest of places
look pleasant.
(From the Alphabet anthology)
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pick-up sticks

3/1/2022

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There is April and May
and boats, 
and we try fathom each other
always as soft as pick-up sticks.
But when the roosters crow
these mornings
I wake up better than ever.
(From the Notes For A Train Ride anthology)
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Kitchen Gossip

2/23/2022

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The butter is lazy,
the blender is crazy,
the toaster is hot for the bread.
The forks and the knives
are now husband and wives
while the spoons like to be single instead.

The kitchen utensils
including scissors and pencils
have silently annexed the drawer.
And the sponge keeps on chasin'
the plates around the basin
while the calendar kills time on the door.  
(From the Herds of Words anthology)
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ARC

2/10/2022

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We live in
the arc - 
day and 
night,
sane and 
insane,
self and
other,
fast, slow –
the arc is
all around.
 
It’s the steady
inhale and exhale
of life. 
 
And somewhere
in there
is us,
bumping heads and
talking trash
as we attempt to manipulate
and control
the arc
that knows
no favour.

(From the Alphabet anthology)​
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