arrive the spinning wheel
lover's box
of rinsing toes
avuncular
strains of
midnight
'or checkmate or sylvan weeping pawns'
not asilver wrapping cleat for the timber land and ground underfoot
but Ah those internal eternal referees the she's an he's
or me's an we's and in oui and elle
et vous et nous
sommes
des vieux views! amant
des amis d'antan des neiges d'antan
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hold your sleigh as you walk my knees to the corner
Santa and the sleigh bells St Joseph's oratory and we are healed
Brother Andre
rolling our R's and Q's
our shees an hees
tangled by the wanton
quantum of our lips
gathered into plus signs
lotto's and loot on the booming of
tough talk booming buttocks
rutialant eyes
tail light of the gaitering storm
Nirvana in the eye of the hurricane
hurried by the blessing
Old god retires
new one she pretty slim
with her knickers
down by her ankles
the
She goddess
come back to tell you
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All
&
Awl
the dada strain
that Dada strain
in inescapable escaping lips
eyes ewes rue you
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A rodeo little and otherwise on the hips
the hip thing that makes poetry go
makes it flow
between the lips of handsome men
the hearts of charmed women
the heart beating not forsaken
heart warmed to the winter takingthe
taking to heart its love made blossom
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