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12 Poems Of Joy – III

III Daedalus – with only one wing done -fled before a mobdetermined to string him upand piñata the hell out of the man.Running for his life,he donned the single wing and,triple-jumping to the cliff’s...

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12 Poems Of Joy – IV

IV I note a lump inside me, in my body - in the thorax, in fact - in my chest - just shy of the sixth rib. It throbs. It is clearly alive. It is an eager, pupate lepidoptera. Or, no, it is a slim...

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12 Poems Of Joy – V

V I have killed.I’m sure to do it again.I was breast-fed till I was 18.It’s my mother’s fault.I replay vividly my grandmother’s death.Each morning. It rouses me.In my quiet room, I plan the rape and...

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12 Poems Of Joy – VI

VI   Dandelion, understanding, stands and stretches into the hot air and cheerfully, happily, is annhiliated, asundered, drawn to Heaven.  —  Related posts: 12 Poems Of Joy – I 12 Poems Of Joy – IV 12...

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12 Poems Of Joy – VII

VII “Look, we’re moving to Europe. To London, actually. That’s where my wife’s from. I hear it’s great over there. People keep telling me I’ll love it. I think it’s really gonna be great. But so,...

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12 Poems Of Joy – VIII

VIII She looked at the floor and wall and was uncomfortable,and I did not smile.I did not say her name. She told me her family secret,and I made a joke of it,and we laughed. She spat and snarledand...

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12 Poems Of Joy – IX

IX Van Helsing unfastened the coffin lid,peeled the crucifix from the bone-white brow.He pulled the garlic from the rust-flecked mouth,careful not to touch the teeth.He stitched back on the severed...

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12 Poems Of Joy – X

X I was so afraid -yes, more afraidthan I have everever ever ever everever ever ever everever ever ever everever ever beenbefore, ever. Or am I being melodramatic again? — read all 12 Poems Of Joy...

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12 Poems Of Joy – XI

XI How many times does a woman laughIn a day? The survey I readSaid twenty. How do they know Where one laugh ends,The next begins? Can the animals be taught to laugh? Can machines be? Or what about...

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12 Poems Of Joy – XII

XII There is a kind and like-minded thing that lies beside you while you sleep. — read all 12 Poems Of Joy Related posts: 12 Poems Of Joy – I 12 Poems Of Joy – VII 12 Poems Of Joy – XI Related posts...

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