Long Swallower Poems

HEROES

Near somber guards, units of children heap 
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.

Firefighters bow heads in silent paean, 
while polished trucks stand...

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Gazing, at its own reflection is the Magpie.
A magic bird, a mystical creature, with a soul
and the power to see things, the power of scrying.
It sees a tomb in ancient Egypt. It sees death.
A soul...

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The house is a wreck, my left shoe’s loose, and the baby’s crying,
So we all know what to do.
But sad mama did it,
And a fancy dancy lady was told by my 8-year-old bully-fied, snitch brother,...

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15 of them begin the emotional ritual attired in silk & sequens,
they maneuver miraculously one after another on burning coals glowing violet,
the dance steps are heartbeats, curved & compassionate, their majesty is inviolate,
their Art is...

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There were five Chinese brothers who all looked alike, living happily with their mother.
They each possess strange powers that were all different to the others. One could swallow the sea, one had a neck of...

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Sandee kicks off her blue slippers, and pulls up her feet.
Cozy and warm, inside, where snow cannot reach the heat.
Mouse Swallower is in window, with back to the glass.
Skunk Boy is firmly attached to her...

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Since I can't say the words that I want to use
We r going to have a little fun and light the fuse
I don't give 2 flocks
Wrap that shizit up in a box
Ready to swing on...

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You thought me spineless,
so in a fit of anger you tore mine out,
Bloodless, I rose sword swallower, 
strengthened by my tattered paper edges.

The abyss of your barren soul wrapped me in
gauze, shrouded me on parallel...

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In the habit of teasing, 
she sometimes told him 
that she wished he didn't come. 
But she always invited him. 
Goliath took solace in that, 
accepted her invitation 
knowing how it was issued.

In spite of...

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