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— Recent Poems —

• I wrote your name on a piece of paper

  by Jason (i), Typo Brahe (ii), Miss MoneyPenny (iii), Piglet 2 (iv), Agatha’s Crispy (v), and Skizerp (vi)

  I

  I wrote your name on a piece of paper

  II

  In ink that promised to be indelible

  III

  Written on the pages of your heart

  IV

  And penned neatly across your butt cheeks

  V

  Tattoo ink pouring into thine cheeks

  VI

  Sea otters floating down the river
• Ghosts' fingers in the red storm light sparkle and change

  by Holly (i, ix), Kevin (ii), Tamara (iii, vii), Derek (iv), Jana (v), voluminous (vi), danellopee (viii), and Wayne (x)

  I

  Ghosts' fingers in the red storm light sparkle and change

  II

  Dazzling me with their sepulchral dance

  III

  Caring not, yet leaving me bereft of pants

  IV

  Wanting not, yet making elaborate plans

  V

  The snowman sings and dances alone.

  VI

  giggling, the little girls pounces, and scoops herself a fresh ice-cone

  VII

  I smile & close the curtains. Where my bitches at? Time for a fresh ice-bone.

  VIII

  Costco Astroglide 50 gallon drum. Foolhardy? Prescient? I couldn't say.

  IX

  My beanie baby collection, my sense of preparedness, and thee!

  X

  But Beanie batch belies brittleness because burst bubble broke bank barring bright side; looks like the kids are going to community college.
• Open your eyes, I have something to say

  by Matthew (i), Trey (ii), Kevin (iii), and Holly (iv)

  I

  Open your eyes, I have something to say

  II

  After I've said it, we'll roll in the hay

  III

  We'll find the needle that completes this search

  IV

  Molten metal beneath in the hearts of haystack fires
• I had no idea what he expected

  by cone (i, iii, v, vii, ix, xi), and thom (ii, iv, vi, viii, x, xii)

  I

  I had no idea what he expected

  II

  She came with complications all her own,

  III

  Perhaps comfort is all he wanted, all that mattered really

  IV

  she vowed to provide, no matter his pouty protests,

  V

  and yet he was so very greedy; always wanting more than she could give

  VI

  their lives continued to intersect in ranndom passions,

  VII

  inspiring thoughts of big life-changes and unexpected adventures

  VIII

  consumed their chats over coffee

  IX

  tucked away in a dark and secluded diner far into the early morning hours,

  X

  they made promises to keep, future plans to unfurl.

  XI

  She so cherished those sharp dreams that lingered long after waking

  XII

  and he found refuge from his sins in her soft morning embrace.
• 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