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| J. D. Nelson |
I could be the ape of the wrong nothing
I am the apple cake
I am a clean human
the microphone is naked
the naked barnacle cake
the bug is the third doctor
challenging the dirt
particle or article?
the bright donkey cloud
the shedding ape eats the grass
sleep is the hum of the world
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a while ago was the bread
I won an apple at the bank
the idea was to lose the snake
for the willow
the little liter of the sauce
I’d been saving
at the dollar bill rodeo
I was the seventh witness
we speak a new language
every time I crack an egg
***
a scone & a scarf
I was silent when the forest called
I was the moon of the mighty night
that darling of the eiffel
the game of the nourishment
listening to the wheel
learning of the ashen earth
the shampooed grain
the winning willow
the help of the andes
the bright sun fading
***
science is in the rafters & bat, bat, bat
in your bumble
a bronco
the clocks in the mansion
the miraculous sneeze
the corn of the rainbow
the gravity of the popcorn salad
this manic bean liver
this bargain of the eagles
wearing your apple coat
stand with me in the snow
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"the shedding ape eats the grass
ReplyDeletesleep is the hum of the world"
I was at a rescue/restoration zoo today and I was reminded of these lines, not just because of apes (though I did see them) but because the sleepiness of all the animals (including the human ones) under the sunshine.