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She said, Mother lives are absorbing these boys \nThese boys I've been with \nYou could hear the sounds of traffic or was it wind<\/em>\u2014 \nIs it absorbed<\/em>, what is the word close to stolen<\/em> \nAs it describes fireflies\u2014that slow going up, down \nAnd the night is peaceful\u2014 \nThere's a streetlight there, my brother waiting under it \n<\/pre>\n
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\n <\/p>\nScales<\/h4>\n
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He said, You're not going to joke these problems away \nCriminals in a kid's life \nThat's at least what industry knowledge has shown\u2014 \nIt was easy to understand when Eminem sampled Dream On \nThe cupids moving from did someone push the mobile \nOr is it the air conditioning\u2014 \nDid I wake up so uneasy at times \nDespite the neighbors' puppies, songbirds on the balcony <\/em>\n<\/pre>\n
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\n <\/p>\nIn the Pines<\/h4>\n
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A squirrel in the roof is out of sequence with the very difficult \nBack and forth, i.e., pecans, the mountain \nQuick white belly \nRainbowshaped jumps, not delinquent<\/em>, not afraid<\/em> \nHe said, There's nesting material I could try to get rid of\u2014 \nIf he chewed the wire of that floodlight the nesting material's a fire hazard\u2014<\/em>\nHis name is buried under the feathers but not gone \nIt keeps waking me up\u2014the bad house inside my better one<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n
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\n <\/p>\n11-41<\/h4>\n
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Go with yes<\/em>, our wellness has held, not counting the glue\u2014 \nI had a dream my dog was running by the street, that kind of worry \nBut it was not the cars it was the storm \nIt was about to rain \nIf you don't believe me, look\u2014this is the shape of rising water<\/em>\nPolice at the door \nThis house where the sewer line runs right up underneath \n<\/pre>\n
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\n <\/p>\nMadison Warren<\/h4>\n
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She said, You can tell he doesn't unfold that flag a lot \nThe square pleats all over it \nProbably hides it in a glove compartment<\/em>\nShe said, If he kept it in his house it wouldn't be so folded<\/em> \nWe talked about heraldry vs. proclamation\u2014 \nIs it only exterior or does it bend inward \nThinking about that house and who is inside it \nAnd the light of the house and the need for houses<\/em>\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nBrendan Sherry lives in Greeneville, TN. Recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Poetry Northwest, New South, Birdfeast, Guesthouse<\/em>, and elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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