Out of Time

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100228

SUPPOSE NO ROSE (for Cory)

Strip it from all referents.
Eliminate its liaison to love.
Erase its scent.
Remove all that it does.

Suppose it never was.

The question this will pose:
“What is ode to rose?”


100227

TSUNAMI, TRIVIA

Time keeps everything
from happening at once;
prevents collapse, disaster.

To judge by Twitter’s
speed and range—time’s
running out, and faster.


EPITAPH 2

Genesis.
Exodus.
Acts.
Lamentations.
Revelation.
Proverbs.


100226

EPITAPH 1

Crayon.
Pencil.
Pen.
Typewriter.
Computer.
Tombstone.

[ASIDE: This is a variation of a poem I wrote awhile back.
This one is for a publisher’s contest: write your life story in 6 words.]


DDUUEETT

Cross-eyed, I have
four hands, so that—
solo on my keyboard—
I can play duet.


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