Best Nimrod Poems

Now that run-down house is barely standing
Down on the dirt road just off the highway
But back then to us, it was our mansion
A place where the two of us would go play

Our innocence was never compromised
Our hearts were fulfilled and bursting with love
I satisfied your...

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Mount the dead animal head
above your mantle stone fireplace
Lay your nude body upon
the grizzly rug of this death skin

Likewise, with safari determination, 
you hunt the wooly souls that walk upright — 
Talking mammals who don’t bend
Feeling angry bloodlust ... your coffin trophy case
must be carcass...

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sometimes when
she speaks her
words fluidly
flow like a
time lapse 
sunrise
that
ends
in a
smile

other times when
she's speaking
her every word
even every
syllable
seems
like a 
pur
pose
ful

pianist picking particular
notes sharp or flat to
express exactly
that which is
meant to be
said so
that
there
is
no

mistake in what is said
but sadly all that that
is said she speaks
in Spanish
and that
is
Greek
to
me
?...

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