2 Poems

weight

the days add weight     like so much lead dropped on our     toes make noise in creaky leather shoes     they want free  dom ination is not love     are you saying my father loved     me asles kept me in bed so long i forgot how to     wake early     witness the sun dreary eyed and honest     before its morning cof  fe  (a)   (e) tures include widescreen version     theatrical trailer     and inno  cen  (ts)   (ce) in the sand don’t cut the feet like glass     though waves don’t flatten like a     train your pets to live free     this lesson may save your     soul cakes and tea will keep life in     me et death head on     though preferably leaning slightly to the     left ist rhetoric will not balance     waste every moment you’re paid to use     savor your free     time to take out the trash     try not to cry if the neighbors can see     you said i could be anything i wanted     i want to be     anything is better than nothing     not quite so good as fud  ge st because you can’t feel doesn’t mean I shouldn’t brea  the best way to kill the poor are cities     they  say what you like     lies are like lead rabbits the quick rabbit keeps his luck     the slow fade of paper in the sun reminds me that wisdom doesn’t     last night I saw a beetle crawling in my bathroom     arrogant and     perfect ion comes for those who     wait gain is envied by those who’ve lost     faith said to shut the hell up and     drive before you those who’d do you     harm ony reinforces structure     makes things more     apparent ly they think farm life is easy     this is a     myth ology tell us to trust our     children make pies from mud     to eat     the days     we’ve forgotten     something important will come up     if you have to     lie s fill the floor like so much lint in     pocket s of low pressure cause storms     over your shoulder is just air     the sky holds nothing for     you need to learn about the world     the fox eats the slow

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