What Mystery
good jobs are plentiful for us at staRbucks, waLmart, and in the aRmy
no one will ask who builds what?
or
who will teach who how to build what?
what remains the mystery
the mystery is what
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Near Every Metro Area Dwells a Mythical Small Town
to be the Ed Chigliak of photography
or the Chris Stevens of radio
for the Maurice Minnifield of Communication
would be the heaven
i could wrap
my inconsistencies
around
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Anti-inflammatory Trumps the Inflammatory Star
upon learning that I’d never be
donald trump rich
i slowly…carefully
ran my calloused fingers through my long
smug
working class hair…
thus avoiding throwing out my neck
precariously placed atop my crooked
arrogant
working class spine…
held there that way by decades of
complacent
ibuprofened delusion…
starring retirement and a pension
trumped
by my working class dreams…
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You think you’ve private Lives
…and then, Tipper Gore came for my Judas Priest.
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Requires no Ending
if the pentagon
cia and friends
were forced to
fund themselves
with art grants
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Momentary Masters of a Fraction of a Dot
so fragile
no exoskeleton to protect us
blow things up we must!
we kill
so that we the exceptional ones
can die-off on top
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Veterans Day 1919 – 2037
veterans day
since war never ends
how about y’all stop paying homage to me
and just fix my goddamn teeth
veterans day
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The Vigilant Lens 