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A Bigger Pot

The desk plant
is getting woody.
It is the first thing
I haven't killed
in years.
Mint, the fish,
vials of sperm,
my marriage,
all wilted under
my black thumb
but this stubborn
succulent
needs a bigger pot.
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FOUNDATIONAL LOVE NARRATIVE


None of it makes sense 
but I do it anyways
little drunk wolf eyes peering out 
from inflamed lids
you’re all grayness and redness 
half alive but I feel so 
alive with you
like a kiddo my laughter 
comes out water 
sparkling sprinkler waves
a whole monumental fountain 
for public bathing 
unafraid except of want -- 
knowing it might 
take me across
and then how would I 
get back

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In Reserve

A foot deep in copper coins
and algae,
I didn't ask to visualise this,
the bank statements,
ironed and clipped in place,
belies the house
and what has drained from within.

Parents learn, children learn,
parents pit against
each other,
innuendo at the sports club,
fists raised,
parents learn, children learn,
what parents will always learn.

Money and what money can
do for you,
dig for gold between the grips
of your sole,
or leave no mess on the porch.

But be proper, for parents are
always learning,
this, and
that there is no age to learn,
and there is no age to learn.


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