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Archive for August, 2014

a house of broken parts

Saturday, August 16th, 2014

The doorknob gives up.
The faucet cries endlessly.
The thermostat fries.

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come on, rise up!

Friday, August 15th, 2014

Boarded-up windows,
the empty streets, while my broth-
er’s down on his knees.

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ferguson

Thursday, August 14th, 2014

A town divided:
an oppressive regime and
wary citizens.

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the internet is my physician

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

I found my syndrome
online and asked my Facebook
friends how to treat it.

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shy-ku

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Even as a long-
standing poet, he choked on
the right words for her.

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rounds on the floor

Monday, August 11th, 2014

Drunk in bed one, head
wound with seizures in bed two,
car crash incoming.

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seeing i to i

Sunday, August 10th, 2014

I sometimes use I,
but merely in the sense of
the literary.

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the ritual of friday night

Saturday, August 9th, 2014

Park, not too early,
at the Hardee’s. Honk at friends,
and ogle the girls.

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super normal

Friday, August 8th, 2014

Old comic books as
screenplays? Too trendy. Time for
haiku-driven scripts.

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the anti-joy club

Thursday, August 7th, 2014

She was troubled by
the petty and the pissy.
She kept them hidden.

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three-act haiku

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

They met one evening.
He would stay with her always.
She left him for Death.

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beginner foxtrot

Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

The count stayed in his
head, even as he shunned small
talk and stepped on toes.

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bug tussles

Monday, August 4th, 2014

Winged electrons swirl
around a head nucleus,
fission for a fight.

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like a boss

Sunday, August 3rd, 2014

A usurper of
attention, a haunter of
dreams, a foe of all.

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ice cream truck 2014

Saturday, August 2nd, 2014

Craft bourbon ripple
bought with bartered vintage socks.
Deafheaven on loop.

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