the subtle thing got a little louder the
magnanimous one dropped back some. when they met
for pepper tea the not so subtle truth told the big
thing you sure made me feel important
you did. thank you. they stirred sugar
evenly. room enough
for two
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eighty one
got a bigger screen tv got a hammer
a case of beer and a fever of a hundred and two
eighty one gonna sweat it out in a shape fitting armchair
eighty one. a child of the second world war
running a fever reads
a hundred three
ain’t no damn virus gonna stop me
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nothing forced we
plot course let it take us
dawn in america. we were wrong we got right
my apartment an organic
living mess like the desk of a social worker on wednesday i
tried to take flight off the screen off the paper
now i’m grounded. stay still. chill
the time we got to spendin
you were the one. i couldn’t care what they saw
the faded flags fly eyes
desert dry i could cry coffee
for all the sleep we lost
the sunrise. the 8th wonder
of the world
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i remember you years back. funny and loud
silence didn’t stand a chance
they expanded the freeway
now i cannot hear the birds
like they planned it
ten lanes now
the whole family out
bowling. an icy can of orange and two
tone shoes. big shiny ball ona slow roll
i got you in my head again. when you left
it was life before cars
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these notifications surround us from
all sides chirping like new species of bird
fuk these ads between songs they
killin us. okay i
thank these gods for you sweet
heart keep your dreams alive on
sunday. covid 19 proliferates culture
gets canceled ok good or bad
we are young. a little hot
sometimes thats all
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feeling lost they
danced back into one
of a thousand worlds they
called home
lightning struck
through a dark web
portal
they drank champagne
with a twist on a staple of twitter
retweetables
now was time
to search themselves then
produce these
dreams
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the sky is asking the
water running i
discard my early morning jeans
step into the
peach skin of apartments
the weave of baskets the
morning sun the
life of the
day
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capture my imagination
provoke it. feed it beans and
rice and release it into
what’s left of
the wild
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shooting the mouth off
another infraction rolled
up tight end over
end i gotta stop
anywhere
to think
sometimes by light or water
beneath the wind whipped
trees the city speeds the violent
dust up of paper flying about
there
by the koi pond in some
anaerobic muck the
beta swallows the
alpha. all is well
again
#katyamills
i saw the law i
went outside. they searched me
searched my car they
fined me cuffed me
locked me behind bars they
assaulted me made me feel stupid
ashamed hopeless and lost
consider me lucky they
never took my life
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