Inhuman Swill : Poems
This governor is positive
A limerick on the occasion of Texas governor Greg Abbott’s positive test for the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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A Coney Island poem for the 4th of July
Today is America's day, and what's more American than Coney Island? I have a poem for Coney Island, so, by the transitive property, this poem is also for America. And like America, it perhaps contains some bad words. [ click...
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Saturday morning in Astoria, Queens
Nail salon workers Lined up in a row of five Taking a selfie
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Uh-oh! Oreo!
Oreo packet, rip'd open and crush'd on the subway floor. Tragic. for the kid in all of us
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Springtime in Manhattan
Tourists in Times Square Blocking the sidewalk to gape At an ambulance
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Grand Motherfucker (an epic sci-fi poem)
This poem debuted live at Tuesday Funk #48 in Chicago on September 4, 2012, the same day it was written. I've submitted it to a few editors since then, but since they (probably sensibly) turned it down, my birthday present...
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Share the wealth
Homeless man feeding his McDonald's French fries to pigeons. Share the wealth.
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Fiction wants to be free
What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the sound of a tree falling in a forest? What is the sound of a story without a reader? What is the sound of tears on my typewriter keys?
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