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— Recent Poems —

• He said, "I agree, want to do another?"

  by cone (i, iii, v, vii, ix, xi, xiii, xv), and jared (ii, iv, vi, viii, x, xii, xiv)

  I

  He said, "I agree, want to do another?"

  II

  "oh yeah," she says and opens with a quote by him, who responds with a quote by her

  III

  wait a minute now, that's not how this is supposed to go. She pouted a bit.

  IV

  Supposed, should, have to, must, polite, correct, expected, assumed, right, wrong, good, bad. A judgement by any other name still smells lik

  V

  e <negative anticipation>. She knew only too well that she was weak, selfish and let anxiety rule her life, and yet

  VI

  And yet maybe what she thinks was known too well, wasn't. Perhaps the real rules and who rules is yet to be discovered

  VII

  Stepping off into the Great Unknown to do all that discovering ellicits great consternation

  VIII

  Negative anticipation provokes fear and fear; great consternation. Stepping into the abyss, like keeping ones eyes open at the moment of de

  IX

  cision which fuels the astonishing progress of the headlong rush into truth, arriving at self

  X

  cision is especially powerful when used for de to make in with pre, for re and ex of, what we are not, so what remains is US

  XI

  that essential truth, the US, seems somewhat elusive; other times so very close

  XII

  The Truth is the I, inclusive of all that exists; the Truth is Love

  XIII

  how to bring truth to "Truth" is learning to love me, love others, love the discombobulation

  XIV

  Love is who and what we are, we need only let go of what is not, at deeper and deeper levels until there is nothing left but Love

  XV

  It's God's handiwork: a lesson hard to come by but throughly learned. This will change everything.
• Listen to the hemidemisemibreve, kay?

  by Chris (i), Kevin (ii), Trey (iii), Jason (iv), Dave (v), Stephanie (vi), and Abbie (vii)

  I

  Listen to the hemidemisemibreve, kay?

  II

  Follow down the ouncespounds and drownsarounds

  III

  Take a left turn once in pwnytown.

  IV

  Don't look up; they'll stare you down.

  V

  Just enough to silence your sounds

  VI

  They fall within reach and then float away

  VII

  Like a drop of rain outside my windowpane
• Lifeless puppet, no hand inside the sock

  by hork (i), Holly (ii, vi), Jana (iii), Wayne (iv), Kevin (v), voluminous (vii), and danellopee (viii)

  I

  Lifeless puppet, no hand inside the sock

  II

  Muppet. Moppet. Marionette. Rife with metaphor.

  III

  Chocolate chips and pickup sticks; life is such a bore.

  IV

  Boredom spread in Facebook thread; new Mafia War.

  V

  This was nothing like the MySpace that had come before

  VI

  Pink squeaker toys for dogs can only be so cute before they get creepy

  VII

  but consequences be damned, the loofah just seemed to *fit*

  VIII

  Now to conjure a convincing story for the Urgent Care doctor…
• Her room is a landscape of regrets

  by tim (i), Shelley (ii), rod (iii), jenee (iv), and willis (v)

  I

  Her room is a landscape of regrets

  II

  strewn with one-eyed dolls and used tissues

  III

  Bazooka Joe's legend outlives the faded wrapper

  IV

  like the stiff cardboard gum soon void of flavor

  V

  And now we here warn you don't tarry or waver
• Cheetos on the street

  by Rob (i, vi), James (ii, v), blahed (iii), nwah (iv), Andy (vii), Jackson (viii), Josiah (ix), and Meredith (x)

  I

  Cheetos on the street

  II

  new shoes on my feet

  III

  one day I found some wheat

  IV

  with a beat

  V

  make some time to meet

  VI

  Baby hook me up with some Deets!

  VII

  Rocking out to some beats

  VIII

  Wearing a scarf, a cane, and a jaunty hat

  IX

  propane, lidocane, summoning HASMAT

  X

  Smiled, the isle of my dreams