.......... "Inside the door the words wrap round my skull, my tongue..."
.............The Poetry Of
................ Halle Linkhauser
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....... does it everytime
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....... every rabbit
....... every squirrel
....... every possum
....... every cat
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....... smashed
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....... intestines strewn across cement
....... I can't take my eyes off the carnage
....... nearly wrecking the car everytime
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....... child abductions
....... school shootings
....... murder suicides
....... abortion clinic bombings
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....... do nothing for me but
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....... several ants working together to get
....... a large still alive iridescent beetle
....... into a tiny opening in the ground
....... where curb meets pavement
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....... splits me wide open
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....... as I continue to search
....... the road for fresh smears
....... of recent death
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....... walleyed stella
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....... that wacky british bitch
....... has done it again
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....... since her arrival
....... she has managed
....... to electrocute herself
....... three times
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....... the first time while
....... attempting to change
....... a halogen track light
....... above the office desk
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....... knocked her right on her
....... ass
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....... office remains half lit
....... something's wrong with the light
....... she said
....... we'll just have to do without
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....... second time
....... a lamp blew up
....... in her fucking hands
....... fucking exploded
....... something's wrong with the lamp
....... she said
....... threw it in the garbage
....... left me to deal
....... with the acrid smoke
....... curling
....... mocking me
....... while I worked
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....... a rat-like fantasy
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....... finally the christmas tree
....... got her real good
....... lights wouldn't cooperate
....... I thought
....... third time's a charm but
....... the bitch walked away
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....... we'll have to get a shod of it
....... she said
....... some british phrase
....... meaning we'll have to throw
....... the damn tree out
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....... the shocks
....... nearly drove her
....... walleyes
....... to the sides
....... of her head
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....... unable to focus
....... on anything
....... at all
....... she went home
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....... and I
....... gleefully
....... dragged that
....... christmas shit
....... to the dumpster
....... where it belonged
....... in the first
....... place
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....... today I was a Kenyan
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....... legs elongated
....... skin turned blue black
....... smooth as marble
....... pulverizing the sun
....... with each pounding step
....... a prayer
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....... my grin grew
....... larger wider brighter
....... until oncoming cars stopped
....... they couldn't see past
....... my teeth
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....... so this is how those fuckers feel
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....... running barefoot
....... across dirt and stones
....... smoldering savanna heat
....... so hot you can see
....... the thickness of it
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....... tiger crouched in wonder
....... as the crazy Kenyan floats by
....... what the fuck was that
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....... I guess the stakes are higher
....... but today I was a Kenyan
....... and those bastards
....... always win
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