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rocketdude
attractiveness
negative
offscale
~Rich Magahiz
aggressive
Stage III mass
the
third one out from Sol
~Rich Magahiz
the dark pub
all faded suits and
rocket
exhaust
~Rich Magahiz
autocompleting
the magnolia may rain
~John Pappas
snowy
magnolias along a quiet side street, I'm in a painting I want to take
home
~Patrick Sweeney
a
skywide summer the royal we
~John Pappas
in
this dream of wings a firefly becomes me
~Joanna Ashwell
wisps
of data in the cloud
~Roberta Beach Jacobson
with
another story i wait for me afar
~Vijay Prasad
as
the dead watch us falling petals
~John Pappas
go
on 'til whichever way you turn there are zinnias
~Patrick Sweeney
only
here and now the river’s laughter
~John Pappas
paper
clipped back to back with regret
~Joanna Ashwell
campfire
stories the past passed around
~John Pappas
arriving before me
and yet
leaving so soon
~Joanna Ashwell
whiskey eyes
the cat, the bartender
the
stranger
~Joanna Ashwell
allegory of the cell
talking to people
who
are not here
~Patrick Sweeney
eighty-four thousand dharma doors
and through one I shook
Yevtushenko's
hand
~Patrick Sweeney
I heard him say
at the end he wanted to
'Name
names'
~Patrick Sweeney
The Tariff
Soon the penguins
will regret their role
in addicting Elon Musk
to
ketamine.
~Noah Berlatsky
I'm the old fogey
telling him to treasure
the
difficult
~Patrick Sweeney
announcing the first dandelion
to myself and
to
you
~Patrick Sweeney
eyes closed
beating the glitter
out
of the sheets
~Patrick Sweeney
drought
my overwatered plants
die
anyway
~Anne Fox
by any other name
he mansplains her poetry
in
prose
~Anne Fox
Seussian clouds over Pittsburgh
when a man gets tired
of
being a stranger
~Patrick Sweeney
Spinoza's God
and a cup
of
jasmine tea
~Patrick Sweeney
intensive care —
the room’s corners
collecting
shadows
~John Pappas
years
now and all I've done is whistle to the catbird
~Patrick Sweeney
getting
the nerve to talk to God
~Patrick Sweeney
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