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A list:

I took the last train

to the blight

and quivered in fear

when you said you might

I gave my resignation

to the DJ

and my open casket wave to the

Friar’s Club

and the dog was so cute

on hind legs

I look good in these lights

and won’t stop asking

if we can swap tights

my baton held tight

I gotta straight wrist

and a bottle of pills

with hippy hats

wondering what’s up

If I ask you to put on a mask

while you’re speaking to me

won’t you please

speak like you mean it

because I won’t remember in the

morning hours

I found the mundane in

blonde hairs and heaven

beneath the stairs

at the twelfth year party

with balloons and a gold chain

hanging

hanging

off my wrist

Don’t you

test whatever is on my plate

I’ve got the gospel

and know the Greek prophets

by heart

I was a wunderkind back when

I knew what it meant

back when my German professor

saw me drunk outside a

Panera Bread

I listen to a lot of piano

and don’t feel sorry for much

just the time

I put gum in the Bible

and smoked cigarettes in your bed

my feet dirty

and your hands clean

You’re asking to leave me

behind a thousand miles away

and I’m threading the needle

between consciousness

on a Tuesday

so don’t get too into the zone

I found being sober

just a little too sober

so I drank the wine

and pretended it to be blood

and beamed

named our daughter after a flower