borrowing the time you want now 

taking more space than allowed 

heart beats faster at the thought 

there’s more to be had out in front

making a criminal duo in bed 

never enough minutes left

sand runs out between our toes

something in our hearts scream "go" 

to the exhibition with our name on it 

glimpsing ourselves in the moment 

outcom...

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things go ping
bouncing off memories

landing with irritation
in mouths and other cavities

these thoughts
these memes

radioactive they bond
to our own specific gravities

producing resonances
waves of sound

vibrations
out of bounds

feelings resound
frequencies reach us beyond

our touch, scent,
sight, and sounding

resonances leaving us
vibrating on

meaning thi...

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the late cretinous period

paid in signs 
between the lines 
tans centimeters 
at a time

calculates 
sea change
accurately enough 
to change his mind

gum masks 
the scent of death 
his motions 
can be tracked

from the spine 
down 
to his twerks
in the virtual discotek

in the late 
cretinous 
period 
panic’s in the air

meteor’s been 
sighted 
with moments 
left to...

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slow ascent up this face 

infinite surface few cracks 

wedged in don’t pull back 

stories up go unread

lose ground cry for help 

echoing sounds make music 

passed by while others fell 

now we are two on a ledge 

will you come to my upfall

you’re down when I get the call 

hanging round nowhere at all

nowhere out just up 

can’t s...

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look at how 

they’re looking at us now

we must look 

ridiculous to them

in these strange bodies

soft heads

the size of 

several men 

did you know

we're the show

expected to bomb

the show 

showing them up 

all wrong 

we do these things 

over and over

that’s what it means

to be professional 

looking for 

deeper sa...

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stayed at home 
you went out 
left me with so much 
to think about

replaying movies
every scene
worried didn’t know 
who to believe

when I was the wife
making bread 
taking care 
you were restless

I was the wife 
I could imagine 
a place for us 
a relationship

followed the drama 
dog earring the page 
waking up waiting 
for episodes to play

picked up the pen 
never w...

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he got on his bike

got as far as he can

past developments 

where shoulders end

against seas of cars

he couldn't feel a fit

before security guards

chased him off a billboard leg

there was nowhere to go

just keep it moving

before the hunger for anything 

overtook him

he'd have to sit down 

to lay out the dreams

where he could better

se...

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Businessmen don't like me

That faggot at school

Who preferred 

The company of girls 

Thirty years later 

We're in the locker room 

They hold management positions

They exude attitude

Here to do the numbers

To make our margins

In go participants

Out come dividends

Bottle humanity 

Carbonate it

They're closing in 

On the formula for it

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the ghost of what I want 

haunts my waking life

drives me to great lengths

hangs me from great heights 

desires laid out in front of me

like a vista from a hill

I descend slowly then I 

tumble and fall

into the valley

the fruit’s so succulent 

like a summer in Italy

captured on an olive oil label 

the ghost of what I want

doesn’t let me re...

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the weight of my record collection
kept me up all night

I didn’t listen to anything
just stared at the spines

thought of those moments
lived not vicariously

those emotions were real
shared from the vinyl to me

thought of all the things
I could possibly do with my time

listening to records wasn’t the worst
making them might be alright

the weight of that collection
...

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Chasm

Sarcasm

Orgasm

Ectoplasm 

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there it is in front of you

staring in your face

look away out of shyness

comfortable its there

you wouldn’t want 

this future for yourself

letting it define you 

could you imagine 

many other things 

could break you

could you 

just let it happen 

join me where it 

comes apart

there's a seam 

comfortable and naked

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your orders are in this 

thick brown envelope

destroy the barge completely 

before it gets milk-logged 

you may not use any 

powdery substances

that’s cheating

the dentists will find you out

put every bit of it 

in your mouth 

then lie down 

for seven hours, alone

repeat the pattern 

for three weeks

without stopping 

until our next s...

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Sensory inventory

Heels pinch me

Earrings pull me down

Skirts twist me 

Clasps leave marks

I practice the walk

Work mirror and brush

Even if it comes off

The work has been done

I was made for something else

what it is I can't tell 

At times I've felt 

I could do anything I wanted

You use words casually

They slip from your mouth

As ea...

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somehow you held on 

when everyone let go

didn't let anyone tell you 

what was important 

now you’re here 

with a big piece of my heart 

I didn’t even know 

was missing

some people will love you without a reason

some people will hate you without a reason

all you can do is listen

and speak to the conversation 

you came to me

witho...

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It's amazing how easily 

people fit into hierarchies 

It's as if their genitals

were magnetic

repelling anyone 

who's not a quick flight up

of course we know

we were made to lead

once the opportunity 

presents itself 

for we've been sitting on

miraculous solutions for years

and it'd be nothing less

than our duty to share the...

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I fill my life with machines and things 

I don't think they make me very happy

I don't dream of them-they dream of me

filling my thoughts keeping me busy

don't be afraid of my loneliness

I'll try to understand the way you exist

you divide existence in two bits

between plants and cats

I've lived exclusively in a world of men

a lot of right angles ...

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I can’t remember why 

I’m not supposed to like you 

I find myself missing you 

and forgetting about that 

mental post-it note that 

I’m not supposed to call you 

maybe we could get over that

awkwardness 

and become

enemies again

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sometimes I wonder 

if there's room for it

if the guitar's too high 

in the mix

sentiment too obvious

for today's charged climate 

volumes ring my tinnitus

pointing me towards bossa nova

needles on the wall move me forward 

into Paul's restaurant 

promise of a smile 

wins me over

much to gain 

in acting refined

word ...

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You feel blocked

day's too much

Something's gone

something's lost

Your button

the reset button

Things move forward

outside the door

Everyone has something 

they're looking for

Taking you back 

to square one 

everything fails

then the pain is gone

I turn you 

on and off

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Motivation

I'm really impressed with how 

professional everyone is

Despite where your eyes go

It takes a lot to wake up 

Every morning and 

Do what you're told

Despite what you know 

Of the world

I like that tie 

You're wearing

That's a wonderful

Hairstyle

Are we ready to

Make money

Are we ready to

Monopolize

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They're smaller

using less space

quieter; air diffuses 

their complaints

compost-friendly

excreting green bricks

connecting silently

habitrails where they live

working smarter

brains in a cloud

running cooler

add coffee and yoga

taking over

without questions for you

except 

"when are you leaving?"

and 

“Could you go sooner?"

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I need you
To help me

Break the day
Into tiny pieces

To wipe it off my face
Replace it

With your kisses
I've got a secret

Sometimes I can't
Handle it on my own

It gets too heavy hold
Thoughts become desperate

And I think of you
And a crosswalk button

I've got to press
Effective who can tell

But you become that
Little flashing man

Leading me
To your bed

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line's shut down 

no getting out

could panic

or just relax

see this as an opportunity 

I have no doubt

if we don't sublimate 

stress it’ll attack

so let’s count backwards

from one 

let’s whistle that unfinished

symphony 

let’s get ourselves undone 

and try to remember 

how we got here

line’s back on 

we’re different now

te...

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If only if

things were different 

and I was better

we would slide

not just maneuver 

you make a wish

it's half granted

the other half 

is a bar 

of chocolate 

we roll and take our chances 

through these

imperfect circumstances

we use our luck and a lot of heart

sun comes out 

it's a new climate 

we take our shoes off

and start to da...

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We could live without security 

Jumping between short-term scenes

Being paid exactly what we think 

To produce images of quality 

We'd have the validation of our peers

We wouldn't need our families 

What they considered wasted years

Would return in new opportunities 

Like church without boring parts 

Like school without low marks

We'd get...

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  Drawing Circles (Gaulke/Brown)

She's calling you from faraway

from the place that doesn't change

on the border of dreams and memories 

where everything decays

you miss sundays on the beach

weekdays on tv

nothing then seems boring now

in a so-so pizza place

with a magnet in her hand

drawing circl...

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shined, ready

reaching equilibrium 

something in the universe 

despises boredom

another thing again

in the world of men 

constant vigilance 

chaos creation

another thing again

maybe two at a time

wearing you down

to a fine finish

century-old harpoons 

stuck in your side 

streams of currents 

smooth the ride

don't get too comf...

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in this city you're always meeting

people working in content 

serving deeply stupid morbidly 

obese racist viewers programs

these people are charming

go to their parties 

meeting their vacations, 

wives, children 

eating while talking

about side projects

and what they want 

to be doing, ideally

recognize the outlines of their s...

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we find ourselves in situations

without a clue, without directions

going as far as we can

before the line dips in the red

memories of childhood 

through adolescence

remind us that 

we've always done this 

when there was someone 

to call for help

now there's someone on the floor

a fire starting next door 

or bad news from stars 

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I never learned how to love

I never pretended to care

people just crashed into me 

and I met them there

I waited with them

then waved them away

I never learned how to give

because I liked what I had

I didn't require strangers 

with problems to share 

I remain a good diplomat

until the end of the affair

the colder I am

the cl...

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lot of explaining to do

lot of catching up

now that they've gotten

a taste of who they are 

there's a world to celebrate

every hidden flaw

a net full of people

to explore meaning through

if they weren't abused as a child 

they will be as an adult

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It's dirty everywhere

It's filthy 

the smell

I don't think will leave

You should see yourself

You should see me 

Our composure left

Before we could

There's no alternative

No experts

We need to start to dig 

With our fingernails

It's inevitable

We could feel it

We stuck around

Out of fear and habit

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I could show you nothing

like it was ever before

you’d be entitled 

to your skepticism

I’d show 

you more

taking you to the edge 

of comfortable

we’d peer over the ledge 

without letting go

I ask you how you’re feeling

your eyes start to glow

like an essay question

on speaker phone 

just because 

I’ve got you...

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from the line of approach
I see the beginning and end
vibrant colors and height
I estimate on fingers

emerging from the cockpit
you're inviting me in
assuring me of efficiencies
swallowing time and distance

cocktails of emotions

excitement and dread
we look at each other
and start to swim

overland, underwater
through dimensions
how were we still

for suc...

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blow me away like Snowden
tell me everything you know about me

then I’ll take you to an undisclosed location
and we can dick around like cheney

you present as mild mannered and innocent
but I know what’s lurking

under that vanilla email address
in a pair of wolford stockings

you want security you want privacy
yet you post everything you feel

you’re heading for an identity
apoc...

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When the noise of the world

Gets under my silence

I bite my lip and think of you 

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I have these moments

Where I forget 

What I'm feeling 

On the bus or in the park

Just for a moment

Before my life resumes

I could be

Anything at all

Carbon-based 

Outer space dust

Mixed with water 

The mind wanders far

Returning to this life

With a cue 

From my memories

Igniting my brow

Muscles contract

Nerves react 

To...

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Never really swings

Feeds on everything

Breeds in forests

Clear cut of trees

Rarely plays with others

Doesn’t detach from mothers

Walks upright while

Cheating on lovers

Communicates with difficulty

Making tools for killing  

Sometimes lives in tribes

Shares styles willingly

We've tried conservation

It only leads to devastation

Scanning ...

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your brand and my brand

got into a fight

my brand 

is apologizing

your brand is sensitive

to perceptions of hostility

my brand is about

creating understanding

my brand is making love 

to your brand

your brand is 

staring out the window

your brand has a tremendous 

marketing budget

my brand has 

close to zero

our brands fight 

f...

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I'm him 

you're her

he's me

she's you

they're us

we're them 

that's it

all at once

both alive

at the same time

walking the earth 

as humans 

with sets of genitals 

what a coincidence

we were made 

for each other 

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I try to cook 

your recipes by myself

as if I could ever get 

that feeling back as well

spinach goes burning

in the sauce 

what was supposed to be gourmet 

gets fucked up

I allow myself to be seduced 

by labels at the store

I buy things for two 

so the cashier won’t know 

ice cream goes missing

after an hour 

flatware scraping china

...

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The death of one thing means

The birth of something else

Stuck in the middle 

We can't see either end

Searching for forwards

The horizon expands

The past shrinks till

It fits in our hands

The photograph shows us

On our backs

Confident the World's 

Behind us

One moment lasts

Until the next one snaps

There's tension's there 

To remind ...

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the floor moves us

hors d'oeuvres, snails

18th century chandeliers 

hang from nails

all this jewelry on 

mummified bodies

a spirit drinks us in

where appetites fail

at a social function 

strutting like lemon chicken 

lost in reverberations

drunk in the museum

history means nothing

without a kiss

missing hints about 

the mystery of ou...

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I’m a very successful alcoholic

have you met my wife

I’ve narrowed the gap between what I feel and do 

to an inch of my life

you’ve probably bought my products

more than a few times 

I seduce you at your weakest 

online late at night 

it would be lovely if we were all 

sober, sane, and nice

but the road to recovery is lined 

with impro...

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Got an eighth of you 

Inside of me

Maybe that's where I got

Certain tendencies

Someone's nose

Someone's toes

A certain impulse

To go for the throat

An arrogant gaze

That can't be backed

By gold in the bank

Or acres of land

An attraction to women

With looks of ice 

A tendency to go

Too deep inside

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it’s the taste 

everyone can share

aristocratic in the head

serfs everywhere else

building your third life 

brick by brick

from your working world 

you’ll pay for it

regal, pretentious, just a bit off

biting off more than you can share

pooling resources from the deep end

there’s a breath so there’s hope in there

it’s the waste ...

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never knew her views on the subject

she was polite with everyone

always on time, never absent

kind to strangers and children

when we heard the news 

we were beyond shocked

although her name wasn’t common 

they must have meant someone else

when they opened her door they could find no sign

of what they were looking for

she had a brother; so...

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Your electric face
shines like a star
in a dark night
the size of a closet

in touch with yourself
in the chromium glare
you're reflected in
a thousand products

how much of yourself
can you stand
how much can
anyone else bear

just short of becoming
rich and famous
you've left to the world
by your own devices

the mirror has a name
the mirror talks back
the window's broken
...

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everyday is a new creation

we remake civilization in miniature

you be the astronaut

I'll be the caveman 

we can share this

slaughter of vegetables

fight the war, I’ll broker peace

we'll agree to terms in a selfie

conquering space while you industrialize 

the kitchen at ikea over the weekend

will we survive ourselves

to reproduce- ...

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It's easier to tell the truth
You don't have to remember
What you said to whom

You don't have to keep
Dark secrets
That require a lot of surgery

You don't have to
Wake up drunk
Looking for keys

I get trouble for my mouth
but my heart’s 

all about feeling easy

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to be ridiculous 

fun to play with

to work on it 

without reason

ice cream together 

listening to our

favorite music 

It's very important

to be obsessed 

despite the consequences

to put your energies 

somewhere else

I still do that 

I'm still there

a slow fascination 

measured in years

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ingredients:

last night's dinner
today's weather
last call to your mother
bank account balance
estimated time until
next sexual encounter
feeling at work on friday
laundry

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I'm the king of all I can see

With my glasses that's three feet in front of me

You could be my queen

Preparing the royal jelly for tea

We'd spend our days on ikea beds

Texting requests to an army of apps

Anything you could think of is at your command

Don't let a poor imagination get in the way of demands

Sometimes we do good 

Sometimes we don’t

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how do you measure 

your handspan

from the tip of your thumb 

to your latest plans 

those are some tricky 

measurements 

they don’t feel 

entirely accurate 

when you join them 

with my own 

they more than double 

in their breadth 

wrapping around 

your chest

looking

for an entrance

to stretch into 

a li...

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digging deep into the center

under layers of clever

where you’re the most vulnerable 

there you discover the wonder 

late into the night 

way below sea level

where involuntary sounds 

follow the strictest grammar

decode the code send the signal

nature responds unavailable   

wonder all around us

thunder of existence

simultaneou...

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out of recycled

expressions

come ghosts 

of tomorrow

we fail to pose 

questions

that die 

on our tongues

we know what 

the future meant 

we’re sure 

about the answers

everything 

else is free

to do 

what it wants

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the idea of you is 

enough to get me started

I imagine you 

with the desires of an artist

I put you in a natural setting

I pencil myself in 

tear you up and redraw your body

in various positions  

dreams come true 

after so much work is put in

the world is cruel

full of untalented critics

beauty in the eye of the beholder

maybe you’re...

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we can dress it up 

with money

throw it in the car 

and drive it

flip it upside down 

and hide it

hold it 

under the blanket

make it sound funny

wax and wane nostalgic

not spend more time 

thinking about it 

now is all we have

good old days  

just a trick of memory

when I can’t find my way

pull the plug on me

nostalgi...

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It's yours; gotta take it
I could carry it for a while

As long as we're headed
In the same direction

The pleasure would
Be mine

It's heavy what's in it
I prefer to travel light

The further I get the less I need
Call it a lack of style

It's yours gotta own it
Then you can give it away

You might try to sell it
Someone's got the space

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You excuse me 

while I rush off to love

Sure that it can never 

amount to much

You ask me if 

she's really fucked up

I play your mirror 

on the wall

The same process seen

from different spots

Excuse me 

as I rush off to love

Knowing it means 

nothing at all

Knowing 

that’s enough

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our refining process has been perfected

over the past 20,000 years

only the finest ingredients

get selected by our engineers

you should feel assured

you are an optimal blend

of fears, desires, anxieties,

and passions that know no end

if you have any questions 

or concerns be assured 

you're protected 

by a lifetime guarantee

simply save the empty package 

and...

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What do I get/ 

the kid with everything/

she's already on it /

And finds it boring

Give her slow motion

She can't afford it

Doesn't know what it is

Will thank you for it

Where to go /

with all your miles/

that's not so dangerous/

but cheerfully exotic 

Go to the moment 

Without moving

Take the time

When no one leaves it

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"Lover" and "Loser" have  

one different letter

"Fool" and "Fall" must 

be intentional

"Mystery" and "Misery" confuse

English learners

"Deserted dessert" has

second helpings for all

"Hard" and "Hearted” follow

one another

"Bitter/better” is just a 

question of timing

"New date" and "Nude day"

are easily mistake-able  

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I don’t know why I do what I do 

but it doesn’t stop me 

want to do these things with you 

perfecting the copy 

haven’t seen directions I came with 

would they change something 

feel compelled to use what I deal with 

constructing nothing out of something 

compulsions updated just now 

compulsions can’t figure out

obsessions don’t co...

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everything's been curated

everyone demands

that you enter the space 

on their terms 

I'm open to negotiation

before the dialogue begins

but don't feel I can be 

a character in your film

the salary is problematic

and there's 

a lot of work to do 

on the script

I'm problematic

I can admit to that

maybe we can

d...

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it’s a slow ascent up this face 

hundred stories up mostly unread

lose ground cry for help 

echoing sounds make music 

passed by while others fell 

now we’re two on a ledge

infinite surface few cracks

extremities freeze bodies need rest   

I look for you can't hear anything

sometimes you give me a sign

sometimes I get nothing

for faith in delaye...

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these are your cousins

I don’t see the resemblance 

you should love them

they leave me indifferent

why did you wait

until I was twelve 

I wish I was related

to that girl in my class

what do they want

how do I play with them

they’re stealing affection

from my grandparents

I just want to live in 

a single bedroom

don’t...

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scratched on the walls 

of this insomnia

are faithful transcriptions

of every failed romantic conversation I’ve had

its cumulative effects 

are breath-taking 

the stalactites attract 

emotional tourists from the world over

there will be always be 

another tragic accident

bookish type wonders

too close to the edge 

someone ...

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you couldn't have guessed
so I drew a map
from where we're at
to where it'll never end

you didn't notice
me feeling stressed
you were on your mission
under my dress

as you counted the stars
I navigated by heart
to a place calm and warm
off the map

If you never knew
enough to ask
you'll never know
why I left

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everything  scratches your nerves

you step back 

and try to observe 

ourselves in our 

mammalian ways

there’s not a thing to say  

stronger than you 

she was patient 

while you matured 

all giving when 

all you had 

was hunger 

you had no time to see it 

now you can’t 

even remember

you scour the city 

desperately 

lo...

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I write with my body  

I write with my hands

my heart's no more  

than a hundred crumpled pages

every desire            

every demand

follows the line       

my pencil traces

panties where you left them 

socks miles apart

I'm living on the floor

where my inspiration's gone

I'm bad a writer 

with no imagination

I need to see you 

to k...

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inside my animal mind

I move from smell to smell

touch to taste, flavor to color

afraid and ecstatic 

running fast asleep or with hunger

yesterday doesn’t matter 

I jump higher 

than the ghosts can reach

we meet at a spot 

near the water

you appear 

startled when I see you 

drawn to something in me 

I can’t see 

noth...

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cool I could never be as a rule

my nerves would never stand

a moment of complacency 

in the face of a world trying to get me 

a fool I’d rather be thought of 

as someone who couldn’t be a part of 

a predominant thinking 

an enterprise sinking 

we’ll have each other 

against the world 

in the race against 

diminishing returns

we...

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Everything's a sign

Except when it's not 

Help me feel this deep ambivalence

I can feel no way out

We're left revealed 

As the world spins opposite

Distance grows

Between thoughts and tongues

I meet you there 

Caked in intentions

We spend hours getting back

To what we think in our thoughts 

I feel fine despite signs 

To the ...

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I want to tell you 

tell you a secret

you have to promise

not to hear it 

I’m in front of you 

with my emotions

under my clothes

I’m naked

I’m gonna play

unpopular music

I don’t want you

to sing along

I’m gonna play 

unpopular music 

don’t dance to it

you’ll break an arm

these young people

everywhere 

I love them 

in...

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I want to sell out

my poems sell cars

my poems wrap fish

they open tight jars

can be stacked as bricks

could read the news

would open banks

write about how beautiful you are

but would have to be paid

poem injected drugs

lines in hospital beds 

verses not knowing to stop

when someone’s found dead

on magazine covers 

in netflix scripts

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I will become your comfort animal

you will be enamored of my smell

you'll walk me into delicate places

full of disappointing stares

we'll fall into a pattern that will see us

inseparable, loving, and calm

lonely people will be confused 

if they're feeling irritation or something warm

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under grapefruit moons 

without spoons 

day drives us off 

the bed where we left 

doing what we have to 

makes us feel orange and blue

nothing too extreme 

nothing so deep

that it’d kill you quick 

leave you breathless 

thinking about it always 

with color schemes revisited 

the palette’s drawn 

on from dusk to dawn 

bath...

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ambivalence works

I work mostly

with ambivalence

occasionally 

idealism

having an aversion 

to polemicists 

(still I'd like to 

see Warsaw) 

it might come down 

to hormones

or the result 

of new climates

prefer to think it as

open-mindedness 

but I know 

I'm probably wrong 

raise a glass 

to passion

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You're my shop

I meet you behind closed doors
discover you walking the floor
seeing in you everything I want 
I know you're my shop

our relations were constrained
until my credit limit was raised
I love the weight of full bags
reminded of you in subway ads

the practical side of our love
Is displayed for the world to see
we fit like hand in glove
on sale for the winter season

t...

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Fucking kids

When I was you and you were me

We wouldn't've liked the same things 

You're much smarter than me

And don't the patience for such trivialities

There are twice as many people around

All with their own desires and dreams 

We need to make way for them

Romantic fantasies to the contrary

When I was you and you were me

I liked simpler th...

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End of Summer

Something in that expression 

I can't recognize 

Others in the photo

Go undefined

You tell me we were lovers

During wartime 

But I don't remember

On whose side

These hands now 

Won't open jam

My every cell

Craves silence

But the TV's on

Battery's dead

I know too well 

What they'll do next

Outside it's differe...

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https://bobgaulke.bandcamp.com/album/sunga

New album

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I meet people we talk about our lives

take off our clothes try to survive

living between pillow and clock

occasionally fooled into waking up

I want everything you know in my arms now

I need your imagination here 

I work hard sometimes It's not enough

the world’s screaming in a crib

I’ll see you again when 

hours turn into minutes

into a stream of d...

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Dream Country

I dream I live 

somewhere warm 

far from harm 

people have enough 

not too much 

without feeling 

resentful 

about not 

getting ahead

everyone goes to bed 

sexually spent

fear's kept in a box 

for our amusement 

and boredom’s

the subject of a 

national 

campaign

my dream country’s 

in the songs I hear

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Cocooning

We had gotten to the point in the relationship 

when communication was reduced 

to a series of gropes

mixed with baby-talk 

It was a steep transition back to the world; 

streets, right angles, credit cards

sometimes we didn’t make it at all

the world plotted next steps 

so compelling was our private world 

we often forgot to code switch

she woul...

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Somehow I make it through the day
Even when dreams threaten my life

I assure them they'll be okay
That I'll entertain them all night

Who are these people in my face
What's this tiny check in my hand

Just wanna run home and play
Change my pants call my friends

But these dreams keep me up all night
I can barely stand in place

Against the whirr of machines
And a brush of fal...

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through liquids 

vibrations travel via membranes 

translating sentiment 

at the speed of feeling 

connecting to 

question receptors 

responding to stimuli 

with rhythmic agitations 

characterized as “ebullient”

by neighboring cellular bodies 

a pronounced feeling 

of queerness falls over a matrix 

of multi-colored 

question-...

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I’m trying to kiss you 

with your new fascist haircut

something resists   

you don’t want to go on about it

say it’s not a signal 

shouldn’t think too much about it

brutalist architecture 

references 

sides with an inferno

on top of it 

those fascists had style

it’s very aerodynamic 

think they’d smile 

if they saw how things finish

wouldn’t want you ...

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after you scrape the ads

swipe off the phone

dial down the sugar,

fat, and tobacco 

stop worrying about bills

department manager

to-do list and

tiny revenge scenarios

how's it going in there

how's the quality of your solitude

forgetting the music

voice to exercise

pornographic Gifs

translations unrealized

what frequencies do y...

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Her phone a nozzle
Sucking mystery out of life

Thoughts a puzzle
Changing with her mind

Why bother
Stumped for a reply

We took a lot of pictures
On soon-deleted drives

Going everywhere 
Imaging things no one had done

We never got far
For a lack of imagination 

Eating a lot of things
Staying with us some time

We took a lot of pictures
In places standing in line

...

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Once I conquered all distances
I set out for your interior

Quashing all resistance,
Hesitations, and signs of fire

You had questions

Clinging to thoughts

I stripped them off of you
Brought your body along

And now it's just your great
Indifference that turns me on

I bring you mountains of flowers
I run joggers off cliffs

Got you the latest technology
Sewn into your w...

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Hoover Damn

Got boxes and boxes of dust
I'd like to throw them out
Turn them into cement
Build something permanent

Pillows full of feathers 
Those microorganisms
Beautiful but
Don't stick them in your mouth

Rearranging the past
So it can make sense
It's temporary 
I can live with it

Rearranging the past
'Til there's nothing left
No one wants my stuff
I just get over it

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Have you met my needs?

I was there in line when the voice spoke to me
I’d order the extra bacon even though it meant

shaving minutes off of my life
and the planet’s

I couldn’t care less at that moment
it was the only pleasure available

before I met you

and now we spend our days and nights
in all sorts of blister and tetra packs

in my apartment in your underwear
and we rub ea...

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Script Confusion

There seems to be 

Some confusion

You're actually 

Playing the villain 

You don't get to sleep 

With the heroine 

The kids are the ones 

The audience sympathize with

You do get some of the best lines

They fly over everyone's heads

You might be surprised

How much goes in to your performance

It's not like we d...

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civilization takes two

I read too many stories
they reframe my reality

every ten seconds
I see things differently

it gets messy
I run out of buildings

with you I build a culture
the language of your smile

will be taught
in graduate seminars

reading you
will be required

the national anthem is modeled
on our breakfast conversation

the president is that bald guy
who's ...

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https://youtu.be/NqZ6c0aIJqMTo Joy

Like a baby at the breast

A child with a toy 

Something raises us up

From sadness to joy

Your lover left for a scholar

Who just lost his job

The sun setting on the city 

Somehow topples it all

A planet moans in ecstasy and pain

Space is unconcerned 

Unliving our lives

Simplicity returns

Lenny Bruce in an ...

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Plans “A”, “B”, & “Z”

You’ll be very successful 
We’ll live on Park Avenue
Our children will have famous friends
We’ll become rich helping others

I’ll work as a waiter; you're a social worker
We sometimes see our kids
(Even Gerald)
Our parents will help us out

You’ll hit him with the rock 
I’ll stab him with the spear
We’ll have enough meat for the winter
His skin will make us gl...

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